Maltsberger discusses Bond's paper, and offers ideas and suggestions regarding suicidal patients and the utilization of consultation. In doing so, he describes the dynamics of suicide and stresses the need for the consultant to assess the problems the therapist might be having, whether they be due to inexperience, to lack of knowledge, or to countertransference difficulties. He also emphasizes the importance of developing an adequate dynamic formulation of the case to ensure proper treatment and management, and he offers guidelines for doing so.