National Social Work Ebook Continuing Education - B

105. Which of the following interventions is primary for a patient with a suicide plan but who does not currently meet criteria for hospitalization? a. Supportive counseling. b. Dialectical behavior therapy. c. Lethal means reduction/restriction. d. Pharmacotherapy. 106. The CAMS approach to suicide intervention suggests that clinicians working with suicidal clients need to establish a relationship with the client that is: a. Causal. b. Cathartic. c. Collaborative. d. Continual. 107. A tool that provides insight into the client’s internal debate about suicide and has intervention value for the cognitively constricted suicidal client is the: a. Suicide Status Examination. b. Desperation Index. c. Jacobs Suicide Protocol. d. Reasons for living/reasons for dying (RL/RD). 108. Step 2 of Stanley & Brown’s (2012) safety planning, employing internal coping strategies, is when the patient: a. Calls his or her friend before calling 911. b. Recognizes that he or she has become suicidal. c. Engages in soothing physical activities that require attention and have worked in the past. d. Brings him or herself directly to the emergency department to address suicidal thoughts and feelings. 109. One strategy that may be used with a suicidal individual is a crisis coping card. Once the need to utilize the card is recognized by the individual, during intense suicidal ideation he or she should at the last: a. Try out internal coping strategies that might reduce the crisis. b. Call emergency crisis numbers to gain assistance in resolving the crisis. c. Find friends, family, or places that could serve as sources of distraction. d. call a friend for support.

Course Code: SWUS03SR

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Book Code: SWUS1524B

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