Deck 28: The Suicidal Military Client Fred Stone

Question 1

According to the CDC, how many persons kill themselves daily in the United States?

A) 85
B) 25
C) 55
D) 105

Answer 1

105

Question 2

What variables are associated with suicidal thoughts and intentions?

A) Risk factors
B) Protective factors
C) Collision factors
D) Bundled factors

Answer 2

Risk factors

Question 3

In addition to internal and external factors, what is another type of suicide risk factor?

A) Bundled factors
B) Change factors
C) Societal factors
D) Protective factors

Answer 3

Societal factors

Question 4

What factor focuses on strong coping skills and provides a hope for the future?

A) Risk factors
B) Protective factors
C) Internal factors
D) Societal factors

Question 5

What interventions should social workers at the micro-level consider when working with suicidal military clients?

A) Crisis intervention and continuing therapy model
B) Cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused therapy
C) Psychological first aid and strengths-based interventions
D) Trauma informed care and continuing psychotherapy

Question 6

What type of micro-level intervention focuses on immediate measures to save a client's life?

A) Restorative model
B) Cognitive behavioral intervention
C) Fight or flight model
D) Crisis intervention

Question 7

What percentage of active duty military service members has seriously contemplated suicide?

A) 3%
B) 6%
C) 12%
D) 18%

Question 8

What demographic dominates the United States military?

A) White males
B) Non-White Hispanic males
C) Mixed race males
D) African American males

Question 9

White males account for the overwhelming majority of military suicides.

Question 10

Suicide rates for military women account for almost a quarter of that of males.

Question 11

Stigma is no longer associated with being gay in military culture as a result of new mandates and laws.

Question 12

Depending on the nature of the risk factor, spirituality and religiosity may either reduce and/or increase suicidality.

Question 13

The primary legal and ethical concern in the working with military clients is confidentiality.

Question 14

At the mezzo level, interventions that may help military persons who are contemplating suicide include structural supports, communal supports, and mandated psychological evaluations.

Question 15

Communal support is the idea of being sensitive of the military community to suicides.

Question 16

It is unnecessary to focus attention on risk and protective factors associated with military suicide because there is little hope of successful intervention and survival.

Question 17

In comparison to the general population, suicide in the military is not as serious of a problem as some make it out to be.

Question 18

To respond to a suicide concern, the helper needs to immediately conduct crisis intervention and forego any type of assessment in order to intervene as quickly as possible.

Question 19

What are the three common risk factors for female veterans?

Question 20

What are the three common risk factors for male veterans?

Question 21

What are three negative transference issues social workers may experience when working with military clients?

Question 22

Describe two findings from the Poll of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and its ability to inform the U.S. population.

Question 23

Describe three focus areas of protective factors.