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Crisis, Trauma, and Suicide Assessment Flashcards

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  1. Under the ACA Code of Ethics, a counselor may break confidentiality with a suicidal client when:

    Answer: Disclosure is required to protect clients from serious and foreseeable harm

    ACA Standard B.2.a allows disclosure when necessary to protect clients or others from serious and foreseeable harm.

  2. Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) is based on which evidence-supported principle?

    Answer: Reducing access to lethal means such as firearms lowers suicide deaths

    Many suicidal crises are brief, and method substitution is limited, so reducing access to lethal means saves lives.

  3. In the United States, which demographic group has the highest suicide rate?

    Answer: Men aged 75 and older

    CDC data consistently show men aged 75 and older have the highest suicide rate of any age and sex group.

  4. A teenager reports cutting her arms when overwhelmed but denies any wish to die. The most common function of this nonsuicidal self-injury is:

    Answer: Regulation of intense negative emotions

    NSSI most often serves an automatic function of relieving or regulating overwhelming negative affect.

  5. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, conducted by the CDC and Kaiser Permanente, found that:

    Answer: Higher ACE scores are associated with increased risk of health problems and suicide attempts in adulthood

    The study showed a dose-response relationship between ACE scores and adult physical illness, mental illness, and suicide attempts.

  6. When assessing a client experiencing intimate partner violence, which factor on Campbell's Danger Assessment is a particularly strong predictor of intimate partner homicide?

    Answer: The partner has previously attempted strangulation

    Prior nonfatal strangulation greatly increases the risk of later homicide, along with partner access to firearms.

  7. Under DSM-5-TR, prolonged grief disorder in adults requires that at least how much time has passed since the death?

    Answer: 12 months

    For adults, prolonged grief disorder requires at least 12 months since the loss, compared with 6 months for children and adolescents.