Source: 14p. SIEC No: 19960290

This manuscript provides a comprehensive examination of communication issues & patterns in communicating with suicidal persons & others deemed to be at high risk. It also discussesfollow-up programs & activities, group process, therapist challenges, research done on patients discharged from a hospital setting, & the impact of media coverage. It notes that meaningful messages must ultimately be decoded as a person-to-person communication to exert a maximum beneficial effect. (13 refs)