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10 Cards in this Set
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People who experience mixed feelings about their desire to kill themselves are known as:
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death darers.
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A seriously ill person whose consistent mismanagement of medication led to his or her death would probably be considered a victim of:
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subintentional death.
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Which method of killing oneself is used in more than half of all male suicides?
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guns
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According to Edwin Shneidman, _____, or a feeling of intolerable psychological pain, is an underlying key to suicide.
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psychache
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Viewing problems and solutions in rigid either/or terms is known as:
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dichotomous thinking.
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Which perspective believes that suicide is the result of anger directed at one's self?
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psychodynamic
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Which is NOT a reason why teenagers may attempt suicide?
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changes in hormones
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Which age group is MOST likely to commit suicide because of such problems as illness, hopelessness, disability, and loneliness as the reason for suicide?
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people over the age of 60
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Which group of Americans has the highest overall rate of suicide?
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American Indians
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About what portion of Americans believe that terminally ill persons should be free to take their lives or to seek a physician's assistance to do so?
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two-thirds
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