Lethal Means Restriction Flashcards
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Which term describes the practice of encouraging families to temporarily remove or secure firearms when a loved one is in crisis?
Answer: Means safety counseling
Means safety counseling involves working with families to reduce firearm access during periods of suicidal crisis.
What is the primary rationale behind waiting periods for firearm purchases as a suicide prevention strategy?
Answer: They create a delay that may outlast acute suicidal crises
Waiting periods exploit the time-limited nature of suicidal crises, allowing the acute urge to pass before the means is obtained.
When a clinician conducts lethal means counseling, which approach is considered most effective?
Answer: Collaborating with the patient and family to create a specific storage plan
Collaborative, specific planning with both the patient and family about how and where means will be stored yields the best adherence and outcomes.
Which household item, besides firearms, is most commonly addressed in lethal means restriction counseling for adolescents?
Answer: Prescription and over-the-counter medications
Medications — both prescription and OTC — are a frequently used method of self-harm by adolescents, making secure storage a key counseling target.
The concept of 'means substitution' in suicidology refers to what phenomenon?
Answer: Using a less lethal method when a preferred method is unavailable
Means substitution is the concern that a person denied one method will simply switch to another, though evidence shows this is not fully compensatory.
Gun shop owner outreach programs designed to support suicide prevention are an example of which public health strategy?
Answer: Universal prevention at the point of sale
Training gun shop owners to recognize warning signs represents universal prevention applied at a community access point.
Which factor most strongly predicts whether a patient will follow through on a lethal means reduction plan?
Answer: Involvement of a trusted family member in creating the plan
Family involvement in lethal means counseling significantly increases the likelihood that means will actually be secured or removed.