How would you know when a depressed person is contemplating suicide?

Related Mcqs:

1. How would you know when a depressed person is contemplating suicide?

   A. When their give away prized possessions
   B. When they write letters and sign good – bye
   C. when they talk about tying up loose ends
   D. All of these

2. If both depressed and non-depressed individuals received similar scores on a diagnostic test for depression, it is said that the test ______________________?

   A. has not been standardized
   B. is not valid
   C. is not reliable
   D. has not been factor analyzed

3. Along with grief, family and friends may feel stigmatized and isolated after a suicide death. What would be a helpful response to a person in this situation?

   A. Listen without judging
   B. Be aware of difficult times such as anniversaries or holidays
   C. Talk about the person who has died
   D. All of these

4. Although Shawn felt terribly depressed when he began psychotherapy, he was much happier by the time he had completed therapy. I would be reasonable to attribute some of his improvement to:

   A. therapeutic touch.
   B. regression toward the mean
   C. the double – blind technique
   D. transference

5. Which form of therapy would most likely help depressed patients by teaching them how to resolve disagreements with their friends?

   A. humanistic therapy
   B. interpersonal psychotherapy
   C. psychoanalysis
   D. cognitive therapy

6. Alex feels so hopeless and depressed that he has recently thought about talking his own life. The drug most likely to prove beneficial to him is:

   A. Xanax
   B. Prozac
   C. Thorazine
   D. Ativan

7. Students who experiences a persistent depressed mood after failing an exam probably have which type of attribution style?

   A. Stable, global
   B. Unstable, specific
   C. External, global
   D. External, specific

8. The drunken driving suspect was unable to hold his hand out to the side and bring this finger to a stop on his nose because of the brain structures depressed first by alcohol is the:

   A. hypothalamus
   B. corpus callosum
   C. cerebellum
   D. medulla

9. Without medical attention approximately how many percent of bipolar patients commit suicide?

   A. Less than 5 percent
   B. 30 – 35 percent
   C. 50 percent
   D. 15 – 20 percent

10. The term “Anomic Suicide” is used by:

    A. Max Weber
    B. Auguste Comte
    C. Emile Durkheim
    D. Herbert Spencer