The nurse presenting a suicide prevention lecture at a community ...

[Haya94]

The nurse presenting a suicide prevention lecture at a community center could correctly describe the problem of suicide in America today by stating that:
 
  1. The decreased rate of suicide is related to increased availability of antidepressants
  2. Children are considered a high-risk group for committing suicide
  3. The highest suicide rate is among the Caucasian middle-age population
  4. Rates of suicide are highest among the older population, age 65 and older

Question 2

The nurse administering an antidepressant to a suicidal client understands that the brain abnor-mality the medication addresses is:
 
  1. Irregularities in the serotonin system
  2. Abnormal electroencephalogra m (EEG) readings
  3. Atrophy of the brain
  4. Enlarged lateral ventricles

[prumorgan]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 4
Option 1 is incorrect, since there has not been an overall decrease in the rate of suicide. Options 2 and 3 are incorrect because children under the age of 10 are not a high-risk group (however, as-sessment should still include this possibility), and the highest rate is not among the middle-age population.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1
Antidepressants regulate serotonin levels, not EEG readings, brain atrophy, or enlarged ventri-cles.