When assessing a patient's plan for suicide, what aspect has priority?
a. Patient's cultural heritage.
b. Patient's insight into suicidal motivation.
c. Availability of means and lethality of method.
d. Quality and access to an intact social support system.
C
If a person has definite plans that include choosing a method of suicide readily available to the person, and if the method is one that is lethal (i.e., will cause the person to die with little probability for intervention), the suicide risk is considered high. These areas provide a better indication of risk than the areas mentioned in the other options.
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