Exam Preview for 1444: Understanding and Assessing Suicidality in A

Understanding and Assessing Suicidality in Adolescents: A Comprehensive Approach

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1. What is the socioecological model as applied to suicide? A model that view suicide as a multifaceted social justice issue, acknowledging inequality and oppression as contributing factors to suicide. A way of viewing a client’s socioeconomic status. We cannot apply this model to suicide. How the environment and society interact together.
2. Which of the following is an individual factor that contributes to an adolescent’s suicide risk? Genetic predisposition Lethal means access Trauma history All of the above
3. Which of the following is a protective community level factor that helps to mitigate an adolescent’s risk of suicide? Mental health diagnosis The number of rec sports a teen plays There are no community level factors that mitigate risk Treatment involvement, community activities/engagement, positive school environment
4. What societal factor does not influence an adolescent’s risk of suicide? Access to needed social, emotional, and financial resources Digital/social media use A family pet in the home All of the above
5. Which of the following is an effective assessment strategy? Checking in Gaining collateral information Use of scaling questions Safety planning
6. The purpose of safety planning with adolescents experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors is to: support a call to child welfare services help teens identify their warning signs for suicidality as well as coping skills they can utilize and who they can call for help use the Stanley-Brown tool give the teen something to do
7. Chain analysis is: A method to identify lethal means access A analysis of the food chain Identifying and understanding the chain of emotions, thoughts, and events that lead to behavior dysfunction A motivational interviewing technique
8. Which of the following is NOT an effective intervention strategy? Helping the teen to differentiate between thoughts and feelings Leaving the teen to figure it out on their own Teaching the teen emotion regulation skills, relaxation, and grounding techniques Having the teen to detail what makes life worth living for them
9. What are the four elements of a chain analysis? Fire, Earth, Air, and Water Identify target behavior, identify vulnerability factors, identify precipitating factors, identifying the consequences of the target behavior Chain analysis doesn’t have any steps Identify suicide risk, Ask for collateral information, Conduct safety planning, Refer to higher level of care
10. Intervention includes which of the following? Developing a safety plan Developing an activity schedule Developing healthy eating habits None of the above