Deck 7: Crisis Management: Negotiating With Depressed and Suicidal Persons

Question 1

Some statistics suggest that up to _________ percent of calls managed by crisis response teams are people who are depressed and threatening suicide.

A) 25
B) 10
C) 50
D) 75

Answer 1

50

Question 2

Depression is characterized by a pattern of feelings and thoughts that include:

A) Gloominess
B) Dejection
C) Self-doubt
D) All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

Negotiators need to take a Nurturing Parent Stance when:

A) Needing to be feed the emotions of the actor
B) Building a relationship with someone who is depressed
C) Sudden shifts in mood occur in the actor
D) None of the above

Answer 3

Building a relationship with someone who is depressed

Question 4

An adjustment disorder lasts only as long as _______________.

A) The circumstances exist
B) The person is awake
C) A week
D) All of the above

Question 5

According to the text, people who have a mood disorder have ___________ feeling of hopelessness.

A) A short-term
B) Zero
C) A terrible
D) A prolonged

Question 6

The text stated that when dealing with a depressed individual, a change from a period of agitated depression to calm and collected may signal:

A) The individual took their meds
B) Inward deep thinking
C) A decision to commit suicide
D) The individual is drinking alcohol

Question 7

Words like "always," "forever," "everything," and "nothing" are examples of _________________, which need to be challenged in a gentle, supportive way.

A) Verbs
B) Overgeneralizations
C) Descriptions
D) Evaluations

Question 8

The definition of suicide given in the text highlights two important points: Suicide is a(n) _____________ act, and it is a(n) _________________.

A) Conscious; solution
B) Unconscious; solution
C) Unconscious; burden
D) Unintentional; resolution

Question 9

All suicides, or suicidal people, have what in common?

A) Common stressors
B) Common purposes
C) Common feelings
D) All of the above

Question 10

Suicide can come up _____________ the negotiation process.

A) Only at the end of
B) At any point in
C) Only at the beginning of
D) Infrequently

Question 11

According to the text, which model can be applied to suicidal people?

A) RANSACK
B) RETRACT
C) REACCT
D) CARRT

Question 12

The text stated that people frequently commit suicide in their ______________, so they do not leave a mess for others to clean.

A) Bedroom
B) Garage
C) Kitchen
D) Bathroom

Question 13

Research has shown that most people ____________ their intention to commit suicide.

A) Communicate
B) Hide
C) Forget
D) None of the above

Question 14

According to the text, the speed with which the suicide intervention needs to be made depends on the ______________ of the subject's plan.

A) Soundness
B) Redundancy
C) Hopelessness
D) Time frame

Question 15

Which of these was not a risk factor mentioned when assessing suicide potential?

A) Previous suicide attempts
B) Easy access to a variety of interventions
C) Physical illness
D) Cutting the self off from significant people

Question 16

Which of these was not a protective factor mentioned when assessing suicide potential?

A) Restricted access to lethal methods
B) Family support
C) Mental illness
D) Ongoing relationship with mental health care provider

Question 17

The very act of remembering positive events focuses the person on the life-sustaining side of their ambivalence.

Question 18

According to the text, it is helpful for negotiators to keep a suicide _____________, to remind them of the information they need.

A) Hotline phone number
B) Assessment checklist
C) Information pamphlet
D) Chain-of-events

Question 19

The CPR method for dealing with the depressed and suicidal person includes all of the following except:

A) Prior attempts by the actor or significant other
B) Resources available
C) Cost to victim
D) Current plan

Question 20

Research has shown that one suicide attempt increases the risk of a second one by about what percentage?

A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 100%
D) 80%

Question 21

A person who is doing something provocative to force the police to kill them is said to be attempting:

A) Suicide by cop
B) A felonious assault
C) Lewd behavior
D) All of the above

Question 22

Indicators of suicide by cop may include all of the following EXCEPT.

A) Suspect gives a countdown
B) Threatens officers with a weapon
C) Suspect is a barricaded subject
D) Forces confrontation with police

Question 23

People attempting to commit altruistic suicides are motivated by contributing to the _____________, rather than ending personal pain.

A) Explosion
B) Feeling
C) Cause
D) Violence

Question 24

German psychologists found that terrorists generally share the following characteristic?

A) They were educated but not successful in their chosen field.
B) They felt repressed and mistreated by society.
C) They were rebellious people who had unhappy childhoods.
D) All of the above

Question 25

What is the name of the Islamic religious document that has to be issued by a high-ranking religious official before killing to defend faith is considered just?

A) Jihad
B) Family shame
C) Quran
D) Fatwac

Question 26

What is an altruistic suicide?

A) When a man becomes socially isolated or feels that he has no place in the society he destroys himself
B) A person who sacrifices themselves for others or for a cause greater than themselves
C) Suicide due to certain breakdown of social equilibrium, such as, suicide after bankruptcy or after winning a lottery
D) Suicide due to overregulation in society