SUICIDE RISK IN ADULTS: ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION, 2ND EDITION Final Examination Questions Select the best answer for each question and complete your test online at EliteLearning.com/Book
90. Since the year 2000, the suicide rate among both youth and adults has risen approximately ______ percent.
98. Suicide attempts by older adults are much more likely to result in death than among younger persons because: a. They live away from family support. b. Older adults plan more carefully and use more deadly methods. c. They live in residential facilities. d. They own more guns than younger adults. 99. Perceived burdensomeness, failed belongingness, and acquired capability are the key factors in which theoretical model of suicide? a. Biopsychosocial. b. Interpersonal. c. Psychache. d. Organic suicide. 100. The Three-Steep Theory (3ST) of Suicide proposes that which of the following individual experiences are necessary for suicidal behavior to occur: a. Psychache, burdensomeness, frustration. b. Belongingness, burdensomeness, aimlessness. c. Anomie, fatalism, altruism. d. Hopelessness, interpersonal disconnection, acquired capability. 101. The Joiner model of suicide assessment: a. Guides clinicians toward interventions through understanding risk factors and the use of rating scales. b. Is useful only at the beginning of treatment, before a relationship with the client is established. c. Focuses on ways a clinician can gather sensitive client data through interviewing. d. Minimizes the significance of previous and multiple attempts in assessing current risk. 102. According to the Joiner assessment model, a person who is a non-multiple attempter experiencing suicidal ideation with limited intensity and duration, but who has no intent, would be assigned to which of the following risk categories according to the Joiner model? a. Low. b. Moderate. c. Severe. d. Extreme. 103. Which of the following is the most important factor in determining whether hospitalization for high suicide risk is necessary? a. Elevated intent to act on a suicide plan. b. Intense suicidal ideation. c. Complete disconnection from family. d. Giving away personal possessions. 104. In assessing for “imminent risk” for suicide, Simon suggests that clinicians: a. Focus on suicidal ideation. b. Recognize suicide assessment as a process, not an event. c. Focus on suicide attempts in the past 8 weeks when assessing risk. d. Follow their intuitive clinical judgment.
a. Five. b. Ten.
c. Thirty. d. Ninety. 91. What term(s) should a clinician use to characterize the fatal outcome of a suicidal act? a. Committed suicide. b. Completed suicide or died by suicide. c. Chose to kill him- or herself. d. Successful suicide or suicided. 92. For a self-inflicted behavior to be considered suicide related, the person must have: a. Received no injuries from the attempt. b. Been legally competent at the time of the act. c. Been injured to some measurable degree during the attempt. d. Intended at some level (nonzero) to kill him- or herself by the act. 93. Which of the following is a conclusion from Pokorny’s study that attempted to predict which clients would complete suicide within 5 years? a. It is possible to predict which persons will most likely complete suicide by evaluating certain known risk factors. b. By observing several personality characteristics, one can accurately identify which clients will ultimately complete suicide. c. There is no item of information or combination of items to permit the identification of those persons who will commit suicide. d. Identifying which persons will ultimately complete suicide may be difficult; however, it is possible by observing the person’s demeanor and speech tendencies. 94. One warning sign for suicide found in the mnemonic c. A history of child sexual abuse. d. Insomnia or interrupted sleep. 95. Which of the following statements is true about sex differences in suicidal behavior? a. Women die by suicide more frequently than men. b. Men attempt suicide more than women. c. Men and women die by suicide at equal rates. d. Men die by suicide more frequently than women. 96. The percentage of suicide victims who have a diagnosable disorder is: a. 60% to 65%. b. 70% to 75%. c. 80% to 85%. d. 90% to 95%. 97. The most common means of suicide in the United States, used in more than half of the cases, is: a. A knife. acronym “IS PATH WARM” is: a. Sadness or depression. b. Reckless behavior.
b. A bridge. c. A firearm. d. Asphyxiation.
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