Get all the guns out. Then tell H that he needs to see a therapist - NOW - and get started on antidepressants or else you will speak to his supervisor (give him the chance to do it himself without being forced). He will complain, but point out to him, that if he had a patient who had taken a gun and threatened suicide, he would have them admitted right then!
Be tough - he will thank you later. He seriously needs help with his clinical depression. That means therapy AND antidepressants for the moment. Pull off a checklist for clinical depression from the internet and mark off all his symptoms and hand it to him, if you think you bneed to convince him.
Take it seriously, Deb - he's in trouble here. Does he have sick leave he can take?
