Suicide Prevention and Awareness Training

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  1. Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders and is characterized by feelings of sadness and worthlessness.

    2. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  2. Having a well-thought-out suicide plan, and access to a very lethal suicide device and method all increase the risk of the suicide plan.

    3. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  3. Some major suicidal risk factors include severe depression, previous attempts, recent loss of a loved one, and a person who have formulated a lethal plan.

    4. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  4. Not every suicidal act or gesture should be taken seriously.

    5. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  5. The person who attempts suicide unsuccessfully is a low risk of making a successful attempt later if not helped.

    6. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  6. When a suicidal person exhibits sudden improvement from depression, you should consider that the person is no longer suicidal.

    7. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  7. Suicide is any willful act designed to end one's own life.

    8. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  8. Suicides are often preceded by deterioration in a significant personal relationship, such as a break-up or divorce.

    9. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  9. Suicides occur most often when the individual is unsupervised, away from the workplace.

    10. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  10. Suicide risk increases with any perceived personal failure, or pending military or civil legal proceedings.

    11. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  11. Is the Army’s suicide rate greater than that of the general population?

    12. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  12. Suicide-prevention training should take place every two years.

    13. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  13. Among soldiers self-inflicted gunshot wounds are the most common method of committing suicide, followed by hanging and carbon-monoxide poisoning.

    14. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  14. Community and unit mental-health professionals and chaplains are trained to provide thorough suicide-prevention education at the unit level.

    15. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  15. Depression is a major cause of suicide.

    16. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  16. The diagnosis and treatment of depression and other psychiatric disorders associated with suicide require trained medical professionals.

    17. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  17. The typical soldier committing suicide is a young, white male with a rank of staff sergeant or below.

    18. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  18. A proactive suicide-prevention program is fundamental to averting the needless tragedy of suicide in the Army.

    19. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  19. Persons contemplating suicide are often incapable of reaching out for help.

    20. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  20. Commanders and leaders can help decrease the number of suicides by stressing suicide prevention.

    21. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  21. Seeking help is a sign of effectively dealing with problems and of strength rather than weakness.

    22. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  22. The first aim of the Army Suicide Prevention Program (ASPP) is to prevent individuals from reaching the point where suicide is seriously contemplated.

    23. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  23. The Army Suicide Prevention Program (ASPP) involves the entire military community in a four-level approach to achieve the best-coordinated prevention possible.

    24. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  24. The second level is called tertiary prevention. When someone needs immediate care for a potentially life threatening crisis, they require care by a mental health professional.

    25. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  25. Screen represents another primary prevention technique that attempts to identify individuals who have personal or situational factors that carry increased risk of suicide.

    26. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

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