The staff is reviewing the client's behaviors and recent suicidal act, examining what clues, if any, were missed so that staff members can learn from the evaluation of the situation. This experience is termed which of the following?
A) Postvention
B) Tertiary prevention
C) Secondary prevention
D) Psychological autopsy
Ans: D
The interaction among the staff, in which the staff reviews the client's behaviors and suicidal act, is referred to as a psychological autopsy. Postvention is a therapeutic program for bereaved survivors of a suicide. Tertiary prevention is used to reduce residual disability after an illness. Secondary prevention involves attempts to identify and treat physical or emotional disorders in the early stages before they become disturbing to an individual.
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