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Bond discusses the need for consultation in the treatment of suicidal patients and describes the two types of consultation used, indirect and direct. Citing clinical cases, including actual suicide, he demonstrates the advantages of the indirect and the disadvantages and dangers of direct consultation. He describes the intrapsychic and interpersonal conflicts behind suicide and explores the dynamics of the consultative process.