The mother of a suicidal adolescent is concerned that "only crazy people commit suicide." When helping her understand her daughter's suicidal behavior, the nurse would explain what?
A) Fifty percent of all suicides occur as a result of major psychoses.
B) Analysis of suicide notes reveals that most people who commit suicide are extremely unhappy.
C) Suicidal tendencies are inherited.
D) Suicide occurs more frequently among the very rich or poor.
Ans: B
It is important to teach survivors of suicide and those with a family member who is suicidal that depression, or feelings of unhappiness, is most often associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The mentally ill group, or "crazy people," is not the primary group that commits suicide, and individuals who are suicidal are not necessarily "crazy."
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