A psychiatric–mental health nurse is working with a client who attempted suicide several weeks earlier. Which of the following statements regarding suicide is most accurate?

Question

A) Suicide is more prevalent in countries other than the United States.
B) Suicide is relatively uncommon in affluent neighborhoods, indicating poverty is a factor.
C) Suicide has profound effects on those people who are connected to the individual.
D) "Suicide" is defined as the voluntary or unintentional act of taking one's own life.

Answer 1

Ans: C
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Suicide is a major public health concern, both in the United States and around the world. Although certain factors may increase risk for suicide, suicide knows no bounds of person, age, class, race, or gender. It is an act that profoundly affects those left in its wake. While the definition of suicide is simple (the voluntary and intentional act of taking one's own life), the processes surrounding it are complex.