A group of nursing students is reviewing information about suicide and associated concepts
The group demonstrates understanding of the information when they identify which of the following as the probability that a person will successfully complete suicide?
A) Parasuicide
B) Suicidal ideation
C) Suicidality
D) Lethality
Ans: D
Lethality refers to the probability that a person will successfully complete suicide. Parasuicide is a voluntary, apparent attempt at suicide, commonly called a suicidal gesture, in which the aim is not death (e.g., taking a sublethal drug). The term suicidality refers to all suicide-related behaviors and thoughts of completing or attempting suicide, and suicide ideation. Suicidal ideation is thinking about and planning one's own death.
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