Maryville University NURS 661 Exam 3 Mega Deck (All possible questions with 100% correct answers)

Who is at highest risk of suicide? correct answers White, elderly men Schizophrenia Single, never married, divorced, recently widowed Previous attempts Adolescents with depression, bullied, or family hx of suicide Who is most likely to succeed at committing suicide? correct answers Older while males What are some protective factors for suicide? correct answers Having children Religion Stronger alliances with medical providers and therapists What is lethality? correct answers the probability that a person will successfully complete suicide What is intent? correct answers Effective expectations for desire of active death What is a suicide attempt? correct answers Includes all willful, self-inflicted life-threatening attempts that have not led to death What is suicidal ideation? correct answers thinking about suicide, usually with some serious emotional and intellectual or cognitive overtones Where in the brain do we theorize violence and aggression originate? correct answers Prefrontal cortex How to assess for homicidal ideation? correct answers Do you have homicidal ideation? Who do you want to kill? How do you plan to do this? Do you have access to the means necessary? Do you intend to commit the act? What legal follow up is needed for homicidal ideation? correct answers Duty to warn Based on state laws Obsession correct answers 1. Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and unwanted, and that in most individuals cause marked anxiety or distress 2. The individual attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, urges, or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action (i.e. by performing a compulsion) Compulsion correct answers 1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be applied rigidly 2. The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing anxiety or distress, or preventing some dreaded event or situation, however, these behaviors or mental acts are not