Suicide

Question 1

Suicidal patients present to __________ more often than psychiatrists.

Answer 1

primary-care doctors

Question 2

______ percent of suicide victims saw their primary-care doctor in the six months leading up to their death.

Answer 2

Eighty

Question 3

What are three predisposing social factors for suicide?

Answer 3

Mental illness
Psychosocial crisis
Substance abuse

Question 4

What are three personal factors that increase suicide risk?

Answer 4

Helplessness
Hopelessness
Impulsivity

Question 5

Patients with renal disease attempt suicide at ____ times the rate of the general population, with risk being highest in the first _______ months after initiation of dialysis.

Answer 5

three; three

Question 6

Those with end-stage renal disease have a _______ percent increase in likelihood of suicide attempt.

Answer 6

84

Question 7

SSRI use in stroke patients is associated with _________.

Answer 7

improved physical and cognitive recovery, even in non-depressed patients

Question 8

The period of crisis is usually ________.

Answer 8

short; crises pass