A person who attempted suicide by overdose was treated in the ...

[SGallaher96]

A person who attempted suicide by overdose was treated in the emergency department and then hospitalized. The initial outcome is that the patient will:
 
  a. verbalize a will to live by the end of the second hospital day.
  b. describe two new coping mechanisms by the end of the third hospital day.
  c. accurately delineate personal strengths by the end of first week of hospitalization.
  d. exercise suicide self-restraint by refraining from attempts to harm self for 24 hours.

Question 2

Four individuals have given information about their suicide plans. Which plan evidences the highest suicide risk?
 
  a. Turning on the oven and letting gas escape into the apartment during the night
  b. Cutting the wrists in the bathroom while the spouse reads in the next room
  c. Overdosing on aspirin with codeine while the spouse is out with friends
  d. Jumping from a railroad bridge located in a deserted area late at night

[macagn]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Suicide self-restraint relates most directly to the priority problem of risk for self-directed violence. The other outcomes are related to hope, coping, and self-esteem.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
This is a highly lethal method with little opportunity for rescue. The other options are lower lethality methods with higher rescue potential. See relationship to audience response question.