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SMLE Question #1416
Medicine / Internal Medicine
Psychiatry
Last updated: February 2026
A 72-year-old man is brought by a neighbor for 8 months of low mood and social withdrawal after his wife died. He has insomnia and hopelessness and sometimes wishes he would not wake up, but denies intent or a plan. He lives alone, has limited contact with others, and has no major chronic medical illness. Which of the following current factors places him at the highest risk for suicide?
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