Let depression run its course. The most critical element in assessing suicide risk is determining a. the client's present medical condition. Single people experience more depression than married people. Married women have lower rates of depression than single women. Married men have lower rates of depression than single men.
More men become depressed than do women.
The author believes that counseling offered to the depressed person should focus on a. when the client is not depressed. Describing depression not as an enemy but as a friend trying to press you down to firm ground is a good example of a. self-hypnosis. Pastoral counseling with the depressed should a. focus on their past. If a depressed person starts to feel better after one month of taking antidepressant medication, family members should encourage the person to a. continue the medication. At the last minute, a depressed mother decides not to go on a family trip to Florida at Christmas time.