Exam Preview for 1627: Reducing Access to Lethal Means: The Social

Reducing Access to Lethal Means: The Social Worker's Role

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1. A suicide is more likely to be completed if the method is Accessible and irreversible Irreversible and timely Fast and easy Unknown to the client
2. What is the most common lethal means used in the US, according to the CDC? Suffocation Jumping Firearms Cutting
3. What are the main components of a safety plan? Isolation, Food, Shelter, Safety, Timing Identify warning signs, Internal/External coping strategies, Seeking professional help, and Lethal means plan There is no structure to a safety plan Crisis plan and coping skills
4. What is the safest and least expensive storage method for firearms if someone is suicidal? Self-storage facility Lock boxes Gun shop Outside of the home with a friend or family member
5. When working collaboratively with the same patient, which team members should know how to counsel the patient on lethal means access? Nurse care manager The social worker and doctor Everyone Just the social worker
6. What is one strategy to reduce access and the lethality potential of low toxicity medications? Retaining only small quantity of low toxicity medications There are not strategies to reduce this access Store large quantities with a lock and key Don’t keep medications in the house
7. Though all clients can benefit, what clients most need lethal means counseling? Geriatric clients Children Those who have had a previous attempt, those with past or present suicidal ideation, and those who are experiencing an acute life crisis Healthcare workers
8. When asking clients about suicidal thoughts and lethal means, what type of questioning is best? Assertive and dominant Direct and collaborative Scolding Indirect and passive
9. What does feasibility mean in terms of reducing client access to lethal means? What the client’s doctor wants to do What clients want to do What the clinician thinks is best What clients can reasonably reduce their access to
10. One way social workers can address a client’s self-defense concerns about keeping a gun in the home includes: Encouraging another form of self-defense Social workers can’t do this Agreeing with the client Getting family members to convince the client to remove the gun