RELIAS. Assessing and Screening for
Suicide Risk
What ethnoracial groups have the highest suicide rates in the U.S.? - answer
Indigenous and White
True or False: Suicide screening is the same as a risk assessment. - answer FALSE
What is true about suicide and gender? - answer Women attempt suicide more often
than men, but men die by suicide more often than women.
You are working with a client who is depressed. Their spouse just filed for divorce. The
client has never made a suicide attempt. Under what condition should you screen this
client for suicide risk? - answer You should screen this client based on the current
information.
You are assessing your client's suicide risk using the SAFE-T method. You identify risk
factors. You inquire about suicidal ideation, plan, behaviors, and intent. You determine
your client's risk level and needed interventions. You document the process and
outcome. What step of the assessment is missing? - answer Identifying protective
factors
According to Joiner's interpersonal-psychological theory, what role might non-suicidal
self-injury (NSSI) play in suicide risk? - answer NSSI increases pain tolerance and
fearlessness about death.
What is a standardized suicide screening tool that includes questions about ideation,
planning, preparatory behaviors, and prior attempts? - answer Columbia-Suicide
Severity Rating Scale
What substances are MOST strongly linked to suicidal behaviors? - answer alcohol
and opioids
Your client is describing suicidal thoughts. What statement MOST suggests suicide
capability? - answer I own a gun.
What is the MOST important reason to identify risk factors for suicide? - answer To
identify specific targets for therapeutic intervention
Suicide Risk
What ethnoracial groups have the highest suicide rates in the U.S.? - answer
Indigenous and White
True or False: Suicide screening is the same as a risk assessment. - answer FALSE
What is true about suicide and gender? - answer Women attempt suicide more often
than men, but men die by suicide more often than women.
You are working with a client who is depressed. Their spouse just filed for divorce. The
client has never made a suicide attempt. Under what condition should you screen this
client for suicide risk? - answer You should screen this client based on the current
information.
You are assessing your client's suicide risk using the SAFE-T method. You identify risk
factors. You inquire about suicidal ideation, plan, behaviors, and intent. You determine
your client's risk level and needed interventions. You document the process and
outcome. What step of the assessment is missing? - answer Identifying protective
factors
According to Joiner's interpersonal-psychological theory, what role might non-suicidal
self-injury (NSSI) play in suicide risk? - answer NSSI increases pain tolerance and
fearlessness about death.
What is a standardized suicide screening tool that includes questions about ideation,
planning, preparatory behaviors, and prior attempts? - answer Columbia-Suicide
Severity Rating Scale
What substances are MOST strongly linked to suicidal behaviors? - answer alcohol
and opioids
Your client is describing suicidal thoughts. What statement MOST suggests suicide
capability? - answer I own a gun.
What is the MOST important reason to identify risk factors for suicide? - answer To
identify specific targets for therapeutic intervention
