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Chapter 29: The Suicidal Military Client (Fred Stone)

Multiple Choice

1. According to the CDC, how many persons kill themselves daily in the United States?

a. 85

b. 25

c. 55

*d. 105

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Problem of Suicide
Question Type: MC

2. What is the rank of suicide among other leading causes of death in the United States?

a. 20th

b. 5th

*c.10th

d.2nd

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Problem of Suicide
Question Type: MC

3. What is the age range for which suicide is in the top five leading cause of death?

a. 18–25 years of age

*b. 10–54 years of age

c. 21–60 years of age

d. 30–65 years of age

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Problem of Suicide
Question Type: MC

4. What variables are associated with suicidal thoughts and intentions?

*a. Risk factors

b. Protective factors

c. Collision factors

d. Bundled factors

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Suicide Risk Factors
Question Type: MC

5. In addition to internal and external factors, what is another type of suicide risk factor?

a. Bundled factors

b. Change factors

*c. Societal factors

d. Protective factors

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Suicide Risk Factors
Question Type: MC

6. What factor focuses on strong coping skills and provides a hope for the future?

a. Risk factors

*b. Protective factors

c. Internal factors

d. Societal factors

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Suicide Protective Factors
Question Type: MC

7. What interventions should social workers at the micro-level consider when working with suicidal military clients?

*a. Crisis intervention and continuing therapy model

b. Cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused therapy

c. Psychological first aid and strengths-based interventions

d. Trauma informed care and continuing psychotherapy

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Micro Perspective Interventions
Question Type: MC

8. What type of micro-level intervention focuses on immediate measures to save a client’s life?

a. Restorative model

b. Cognitive behavioral intervention

c. Fight or flight model

*d. Crisis intervention

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Micro Perspective Interventions
Question Type: MC

9. What percentage of active duty military service members has seriously contemplated suicide?

a. 3%

b. 6%

*c. 12%

d. 18%

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Problem of Suicide Cont’d
Question Type: MC

10. What demographic dominates the United States military?

*a. White males

b. Non-White Hispanic males

c.Mixed race males

d. African American males

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Diversity Issues
Question Type: MC

True/False

1. White males account for the overwhelming majority of military suicides.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge or Comprehension

Answer Location: Diversity Issues
Question Type: TF

2. Suicide rates for military women account for almost a quarter of that of males.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge or Comprehension

Answer Location: Diversity Issues
Question Type: TF

3. Stigma is no longer associated with being gay in military culture as a result of new mandates and laws.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Diversity Issues
Question Type: TF

4. Depending on the nature of the risk factor, spirituality and religiosity may either reduce and/or increase suicidality.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Diversity Issues
Question Type: TF

5.The primary legal and ethical concern in the working with military clients is confidentiality.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Legal and Ethical Concerns

Question Type: TF

6. At the mezzo level, interventions that may help military persons who are contemplating suicide include structural supports, communal supports, and mandated psychological evaluations.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Mezzo Perspective Interventions
Question Type: TF

7. Communal support is the idea of being sensitive of the military community to suicides.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mezzo Perspective Interventions
Question Type: TF

8. It is unnecessary to focus attention on risk and protective factors associated with military suicide because there is little hope of successful intervention and survival.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Conclusion
Question Type: TF

9. In comparison to the general population, suicide in the military is not as serious of a problem as some make it out to be.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Conclusion
Question Type: TF

10. To respond to a suicide concern, the helper needs to immediately conduct crisis intervention and forego any type of assessment in order to intervene as quickly as possible.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Conclusion
Question Type: TF

Short Answer

Type: S

1. What are the three common risk factors for female veterans?

*a.The three common risk factors for female veterans are: 1) childhood trauma, 2) depression, and 3) relationship problems.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Diversity Issues
Question Type: SA

Type: S

2. What are the three common risk factors for male veterans?

*a. The three common risk factors for male veterans are: 1) substance abuse, 2) combat, and 3) work-related problems.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Diversity Issues
Question Type: SA

Type: S

3. What are three negative transference issues social workers may experience when working with military clients?

*a. Three negative transference issues social workers may experience when working with military clients may include: 1) hate, 2) fear, and 3) anxiety.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Transference and Countertransference
Question Type: SA

Essay

Type: E

1. Describe two findings from the Poll of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and its ability to inform the U.S. population.

*a. Two findings from the Poll of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operations Enduring Freedom veterans are that one-third of all surveyed had contemplated suicide, 12% of active duty members have seriously contemplated suicide, and that the rates were lower for combat veterans than veterans who never deployed to a combat zone. This type of assessment and polling is extremely important to the U.S. population because it removes myths about who may be at risk and uses reliable data to respond to client needs.

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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Problem of Suicide cont’d
Question Type: ESS

Type: E

2. Describe three focus areas of protective factors.

*a. Protective factors are variables that serve to shield or reduce risk factors. The focus is on supportive social networks and relationships, strong coping skills, and hope for the future. Interventions for protective factors may include limited access to lethal means to commit suicide and cultural and religious norms prohibiting suicide. These factors help to shield the client from the proposed risk of harm to self or suicide. It is important to note that when risk factors are absent, it does not negate the presence of protective factors due to this absence.

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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Suicide Protective Factors
Question Type: ESS