A Clinically Depressed Individual Who Has Been Threatening Suicide Finally

Multiple Choice

A clinically depressed individual who has been threatening suicide finally shows diminishing of depressive symptoms. This person's risk of committing suicide:

A) has increased dramatically; almost no one who is depressed commits suicide until she or he is recovering.
B) may have increased, because the person may have the energy to act on the suicidal impulse.
C) probably has decreased, although a slight risk remains.
D) has decreased substantially; almost no one who is depressed commits suicide once recovery from depression is under way.