Journal of Depression and Therapy
Open Access
Despair Beyond Repair? Severity of Hopelessness in Depressed Psychiatric Inpatients
Jun 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2476-1710.jdt-14-567
James C. OverholserCorresponding author
Background: Depression is related to suicidal ideation, attempts, and completion. However, depression fails to provide any specific identification for suicide risk. Hopelessness has been found to provide a more accurate estimate of suicide risk than seen in depression severity, and hopelessness can…