Opening What alternatives are in place for mental health providers to enhance clinical skills in working with suicidal clients? Where can the providers turn for assistance with case conceptualization and therapy planning? How can patients become more engaged in self-treatment? In an effort to deal with these clinical issues within patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), a suicide prevention consultation model is established. The suicide prevention issue The issue at hand is of a man showing signs of suicide because an ailment has made him incapable of helping his family. The man is suffering from multiple sclerosis and he is often hospitalized. In addition to hospital expenses, the family is poor and unable to clear other bills leading to an eviction threat. As a result, the man is extremely frustrated and it seems that he cannot withstand this frustration. Committing suicide seems to be the only solution that this man has settled on, hence the need for a suicide prevention initiative. Consultation model According to Granello (2010), clinical interventions with clients of suicide issues generally take a two-tiered approach: short-term stabilization and addressing associated vulnerability, stressors, mental disorders as well as risk factors. In regard to this, the ongoing work of counseling can only begin after the first tier of the approach has been accomplished. This means that, in as much as consultation is concerned, the most effective suicide prevention model is that whose strategies incorporate the elements of the two approaches. Granello continues to explain that many models exist, but they typically include information on (1) performing consequential assessments; (2) developing treatment strategies; (3) determining levels of care; (4) embarking on psychiatric assessments for medications; (5) enhancing access to treatment; (6) coming up with risk management strategies; (7) managing clinician liabilities; and (8) evaluating outcomes (Granello, 2010, p.219). Respectively, the most effective consultation model for the man with multiple sclerosis and showing signs of suicide is a service involving an interdisciplinary team of mental health providers with diverse backgrounds. The team may comprise of clinical psychologist, clinical nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, predoctoral fellows and interns. The referrals that can be received from such a case include diagnostic and treatment questions (like the degree to which cognitive harm contributes to suicide risk), the link between the history of multiple sclerosis and suicidality, and therapeutic alternatives for managing psychiatric trauma. The assessment model to be used will involve a flexible combination of far-reaching review of the medical records, psychological and neuropsychological testing, inclusive clinical interview, and guarantee data collection including interviews with other significant individuals in the family. One of the clinical psychologists can act as the director for the service to make sure that the case loads for the team members are balanced and the referral questions answered appropriately. The primary aims should be to meet with the referring practitioner to elucidate both the reason for the medical appointment and the expectations of the consultee to achieve a working understanding of the present nature of