A 17-year-old writes a suicide note and then swallows aspirin. Which of the following factors would make you think that he might do this again?
A) He has always been a loner.
B) He states he has been feeling sad lately.
C) He took only six aspirins, so he has some left.
D) His parents were recently divorced.
D
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a. "Skip today's second dose as well as the dose you already missed." b. "Take the missed dose now and the regularly scheduled dose in 2 hours." c. "Take the missed dose and the regularly scheduled second dose immediately." d. "Take the regularly scheduled second dose now and forget about the morning dose."