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Study Guide Answers
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About how many Americans commit suicide every year? How many each day?
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about 30,000/ about 80 |
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When a person has feelings of sadness or hopelessness that last several weeks or longer, that person is said to suffer from ______________________________________.
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depression |
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Suicide is the ___________________________-leading cause of death for American teens.
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second |
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Individuals of which gender are more likely to make suicide attempts?
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females |
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5.
Individuals of which gender are more likely to succeed at suicide attempts?
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males |
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_________________________percent of high school students have thought about killing themselves.
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Sixty |
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_________________________ percent of suicidal teens felt that their families did not understand them.
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Ninety |
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How do teens romanticize suicide?
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They fantasize about everyone weeping at their funerals, and they like to think of how those who wronged them will be filled with guilt, sadness, and remorse. |
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9.
Emile Durkheim believed that suicide could only be fully understood in its ________________
context.
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social |
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What were Durkheim's three categories of suicides?
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egoistic suicide/ altruistic suicide/ anomic suicide |
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When a person lacks sufficient integration into society, he or she may commit
_______________________________ suicide.
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egoistic |
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When a person believes that everyone else might be better off if he or she were dead, that person might commit ________________________________ suicide.
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altruistic |
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When a person's cultural sructure collapses, that person may commit ___________________________ suicide.
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anomic |
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14.
Freud believed that human beings have a natural and instinctive tendency to be __________________________________ and _________________________________.
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aggressive/ destructive |
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Freud theorized that humans are always fighting a battle between what two instincts?
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the life instinct and the death instinct |
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What is "suicide contagion"?
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suicides that occur when people decide to imitate someone else's suicide |
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Unbearable psychological pain is sometimes referred to as "_________________________________."
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psychache |
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What are three common perceptions shared by those who are suicidal?
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Circumstances can't be changed./ Problems can't be solved./ Nothing can possibly help. |
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There is probably a link between genetic predisposition and suicide. True or false?
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true |
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Incorrect levels of biochemical substances in the ____________________________ can produce depression that results in suicide.
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brain |
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21.
Antidepressant drugs can't change a suicidal person's outlook on life. True or false?
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false |
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22.
People who are contemplating suicide usually send out clear signals that they intend to take
their own lives. True or false?
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true |
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23.
Never use the word "suicide" when talking with a depressed friend. True or false?
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false |
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If a friend confides that he or she is thinking about suicide, should you honor your friend's
request for secrecy?
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no |
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25.
What is almost always necessary for recovery from suicidal impulses?
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therapy and treatment for depression |
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