Question 1

You are responsible for conducting a retrospective analysis of someone who has committed suicide. Describe the method you would use and the types of information you would try to gather. What are some limitations of this type of analysis?

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Question 2

You are asked to discuss the risks of suicide with a group of resident assistants on a college campus. Discuss the five MOST important points about suicide risk that you would want to make with them.

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Question 3

Suicide prevention programs and hotlines respond to suicidal people who are under stress, and unable to cope, to help them to see their situation accurately. This type of program offers _____.

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Question 4

Discuss adolescent suicide and factors that make adolescents particularly at risk for suicide.

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Question 5

Many factors contribute to the high suicide rate among the elderly. Discuss the following factors: the overall factors that contribute to suicide and the elderly, suicide among elderly American Indians, and suicide among elderly African Americans.

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Question 6

Discuss the effectiveness of suicide prevention programs.

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Question 7

During the past 50 years the emphasis has shifted from suicide treatment to _____.

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Question 8

Durkheim defined _____ suicides as those committed by people who are not concerned with the norms or rules of society and who are not integrated into the social fabric.

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Question 9

The Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center has five goals for handling each call they receive on their suicide hotline. List those goals and explain each one.

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Question 10

The mediating factor between serotonin deficiency and suicide is thought to be _____ tendencies, which have been linked to low levels of serotonin, rather than to depression.

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Question 11

Should drug companies put a warning about suicide risk on packaging for antidepressant drugs? Those who try to answer this highly debatable question are dealing with what is called a(n) _____.

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Question 12

Darlene starves to death because she gives her meager amount of food to her little sister. Durkheim would classify Darlene as a(n) _____ suicide.

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Question 13

Recent research on biological factors in suicide has linked it to low levels of the neurotransmitter _____ in the brain.

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Question 14

According to Durkheim, a person who commits suicide because his or her social environment fails to provide stable structures to support and give meaning to life has committed _____ suicide.

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Question 15

Describe the four kinds of people who end their lives, according to Edwin Shneidman. Also, include an example of how a person in each category may carry out his or her suicide.

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Question 16

Explain how changes in mood are related to suicide.

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Question 17

Describe the characteristics of children who are at risk for suicide. Include the statistics related to children and suicide and gender differences.

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Question 18

Over the past several decades, the suicide rate for children in the United States has been _____.

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Question 19

Suicide appears to run in families. Why might this be the case?

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Question 20

The age group most at risk for committing suicide in the United States is _____.

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Quiz 9: Suicide