Counseling Crisis, Trauma, and Suicide Assessment

Question 1

During a suicide risk assessment, which factor is generally considered the strongest predictor of imminent risk?

Accepted Answer

A specific plan with available means and intent

Answer

A specific plan, access to lethal means, and stated intent signal high acute risk. The other options are risk factors but do not indicate imminence.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the primary goal of crisis intervention?

Accepted Answer

Restoring the client to the pre-crisis level of functioning

Answer

Crisis intervention is short-term and focuses on stabilization, safety, and a return to precrisis functioning, not on deep personality change.

Question 3

A counselor is working with a client who has just experienced a natural disaster. Which approach is most appropriate in the immediate aftermath?

Accepted Answer

Psychological first aid

Answer

Psychological first aid focuses on safety, comfort, practical assistance, and connection to resources in the immediate aftermath. Deeper trauma processing is generally delayed until the person is stabilized.

Question 4

Which of the following is a trauma-informed care principle?

Accepted Answer

Promoting safety, trustworthiness, choice, and collaboration

Answer

Trauma-informed care emphasizes safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, voice and choice, and attention to cultural, historical, and gender issues.

Question 5

A client discloses a specific plan to harm a named person. Which duty is the counselor most likely to have, based on Tarasoff and its successors?

Accepted Answer

Duty to warn and protect the identifiable victim

Answer

Tarasoff and subsequent state laws established a duty to warn or protect identifiable potential victims from serious threats of violence. Specific requirements vary by jurisdiction.

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Counseling Crisis, Trauma, and Suicide Assessment