A new nursing graduate asks the psychiatric nurse manager how to best classify suicide. Which is the nurse manager's best reply?
A. "Suicide is a DSM-5 diagnosis."
B. "Suicide is a mental disorder."
C. "Suicide is a behavior."
D. "Suicide is an antisocial affliction."
C
Suicide is not a diagnosis, disorder, or affliction. It is a behavior.
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