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- 1.About how many suicides occur in the United States?
- A.
45 per day
- B.
1 per minute
- C.
1 every 16 minutes
- D.
1 million per year
- 2.Who is more likely to COMMIT (die from) suicide?
- A.
Boys
- B.
Girls
- C.
Animals
- D.
40-year-olds
- 3.Several hundred years ago, people saw suicide as...
- A.
A symptom of a mental illness.
- B.
A crime worse than homicide.
- C.
A minor crime that wasn't punishable.
- D.
A pandemic
- 4.Which of the following is NOT an example of suicide prevention?
- A.
Building a fence on a tall bridge.
- B.
Leading a suicide education assembly at a high school.
- C.
Making someone feel guilty about having thoughts of killing him/herself.
- D.
Medication for the underlying mental illness.
- 5.Which of the following statements are TRUE about mental illness?
- A.
People with mental illnesses are insane.
- B.
People with mental illnesses will commit suicide.
- C.
It is impossible to get over a mental illness.
- D.
The brain of a mentally ill person reacts differently from the brain of someone who is healthy.
- 6.Which of the following causes more deaths in the world today?
- A.
Suicide
- B.
Homicide
- C.
AIDS
- D.
War
- 7.In which age group is suicide more common?
- A.
High school
- B.
40-60 year-olds
- C.
College/ young adults
- D.
Children
- 8.The preventative method of limiting access to deadly means is called
- A.
Clinical treatment
- B.
Limited Perspective
- C.
Community awareness
- D.
Controlling the environment
- 9.Psychotherapy, hospitalization, and medication are all components of the preventative method of:
- A.
Clinical treatment
- B.
Controlling the environment
- C.
Community awareness
- D.
Neurotransmitter Reprogramming
- 10.Suicide became more common when...
- A.
Suicide was considered a crime.
- B.
Toxic chemicals were harder to access.
- C.
People became more tolerant of suicide.
- D.
Less people started developing mental illnesses.
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