Assessment for risk to attempt suicide includes assessing for ...

[kodithompson]

Assessment for risk to attempt suicide includes assessing for evidence of psychiatric illness, degree of impulse control, and:
 
  a. religious baptismal denomination
  b. highest grade completed in formal education
  c. frequency of interfaith dating and marriage
  d. philosophical beliefs related to ending one's own life

Question 2

An elderly woman, who seldom attends the adult day center where you work, begins telling you about her life story, with many references to her deceased husband and sisters.
 
  She states that she misses each of them terribly and that she can't keep going on. Using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, you evaluate her as suffering from a disturbance of: a. safety
  b. belonging
  c. esteem
  d. self-actualization

[Ptupou85]

Answer to Question 1

D
Assessment for risk to attempt suicide includes assessing for evidence of psychiatric illness, the degree of impulse control, and the individual's philosophical beliefs related to ending one's own life. Some individuals believe that it is ethically acceptable to end an unsatisfactory life. They may view the self and life as empty, worthless, and hopeless. For some, suicide is thought to be an acceptable escape from the stressors encountered.

Answer to Question 2

B
The client's reference to her husband and sister refers to Maslow's third level of the Hierarchy of Needs. At the third level, growth needs for love and belonging are the focus.