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No-Suicide Decisions: Patient Monitoring of Suicidal Risk

ROBERT C. DRYE, ROBERT L. GOULDING, and MARY E. GOULDINGAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.2.171

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The authors describe a simple, rapid method by which patients with any suicidal ideas can determine for themselves and the evaluator what risk actually exists. The patient states how long he is willing to stay alive, without qualification, in the form of a decision rather than a promise or agreement with the evaluator. This method has been used successfully in various settings and with seriously ill patients.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130 • Number 2 • February 1973

Pages: 171 - 174

PubMed: 4685236

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Published in print: February 1973

Published online: 1 April 2006

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ROBERT C. DRYE

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ROBERT L. GOULDING

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MARY E. GOULDING

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Lecturer in Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif. and Staff of the Western Institute for Group and Family Therapy, Watsonville, Calif.

Director, Staff of the Western Institute for Group and Family Therapy, Watsonville, Calif.

Co-Director, Staff of the Western Institute for Group and Family Therapy, Watsonville, Calif.

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No-Suicide Decisions: Patient Monitoring of Suicidal Risk

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