This study investigates the therapeutic effect of contact on suicidal individuals who decline therapy or treatment programs. A group of self-selected “non-treatment” patients were divided into “contact” & “no-contact” groups. The contact group receive a telephone call or a brief letter monthly for 4 months, bi-monthly for 8 months, or tri-monthly for 48 months. Follow-up statistics to date (18 months) are inconclusive.The authors estimate a 5-year period as a minimum time to demonstrate effect.