Every person who thinks about suicide should be considered to be:
a. intending to kill himself.
b. demonstrating impaired cognition.
c. experiencing a mental illness.
d. experiencing pain and hopelessness.
D
The experience of intense emotional (and sometimes physical) pain and hopelessness are features which are very characteristic of people contemplating suicide. The other options reflect myths about suicide. Not all who consider or attempt suicide are intent on dying, and one does not have to have impaired thinking or a mental illness to consider suicide.
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