clar697
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A married 78-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after ingesting ten 15mg temazepam tablets. After he is stabilized medically, he undergoes psychiatric evaluation. Which of the following is the most important in assessing his risk for suicide?
A) Early morning awakening with decreased appetite
B) Family history of suicide
C) Male gender
D) Marital status
E) Patient’s belief that temazepam would kill him
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| GoodGirl
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c, male
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| hitesh
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E) Patient’s belief that temazepam would kill him
'cos if he actually believes so, this would qualify as a suicide attempt, which is the single most important risk factor for more attempts.
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| huanxin
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A. most in lists are risk factors. but most important is major depression, so A
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| spinal shock
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E since its considered as an attempted suicide
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| DR_K
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C) male gender.
coz #1 risk factor is previous suicide attempt and #2 is male gender in the list of high risk factor for suicide.
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| martine
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E...#1 risk factor.Previous attempt of suicide.In this case, attempt was with temazepam.This will be the no.1 point for assessing suicide risk.
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| winnera
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E as he believe, he still have suicidal ideation?
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