Depression, Hopelessness, and Suicidal Ideation in the Terminally Ill

Author: Harvey Max Chochinov, Keith G. Wilson, Murray Enns, Sheila Lander Publisher: The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Publication: Psychosomatics Document Date:                  August 1, 1998 Category: Public Policy > Euthanasia This paper studied 196 terminally ill patients to determine whether depression or hopelessness was most connected with "suicidal ideation", that is, suicidal thoughts. The study determined that hopelessness had a stronger corelation with suicidal ideation than did the person's level of depression. Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link