freedenthal suggests that ascertaining the individual's suicidal intention more accurately determines the seriousness of the attempt than identifying the lethality . some clinicians would interpret Nathan as less likely to complete suicide based on is expression of the terms "to get away or escape". however, Nathan's suicide attempts were becoming more lethal. Quite possibly the suicide intent scales would not have captured Nathan's ambiguity about the intention; but,perhaps Nathan would not describe himself as ambiguous