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One hundred and twelve patients who had made recent suicide attempts were studied. With the aid of various tests to determine the extent of depression, the extent of hopelessness, and the seriousness of intent to commit suicide, the authors found more of a correlation between the level of depression and suicide than between the level of hopelessness and suicide, in contrast to an earlier study by Minkoff and associates.