Kaplan and Sadock's study guide chapter 33 Emergency psych med questions with correct answers

33.1 which of the following d/o is the axis 2 diagnosis most closely associated w/ suicide? a. mood disorders b. antisocial personality d/o c. borderline personality d/o d. substance abuse d/o e. schizophrenia Answer c. borderline personality d/o 33.2 suicidal behavior a. occurs more frequently in the biological relatives of adoptees who commit suicide than in the adoptive relatives b. has been found to have the same concordance rate in dizygotic as in monozygotic twins c. is not associated w/ a family hx of suicide d. tends not to be familial e. none of the above Answer a. occurs more frequently in the biological relatives of adoptees who commit suicide than in the adoptive relatives 33.3 suicide rates a. have remained relatively stable except for 15-24 y.o., whose rates have decreased 2-3 fold b. make suicide the 11th leading cause of death in the US c. reflext about 10,000 suicides each year in the US