In assessing suicide potential, it is important for the community mental health nurse to know which of the following people are most prone to self-destructive behavior?
A) Unemployed professional workers
B) Single working women
C) Married elderly men
D) Caucasian teenagers
Ans: A
Professional workers who have become unemployed are at higher risk for suicide than other groups because of the multiple losses associated with losing their primary focus of self-identity.
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