Risk Assessment & Screening Tools Flashcards
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The Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL) assesses which dimension of suicide risk?
Answer: Protective cognitions that buffer against suicidal behavior
The RFL measures beliefs and expectations that deter suicidal behavior, functioning as a protective factor assessment rather than a risk measure.
When using the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), a score of 9 or above is associated with:
Answer: Significantly elevated long-term suicide risk
Beck's research found BHS scores ≥9 predicted eventual suicide in clinical samples, indicating significantly elevated long-term risk.
Which component of a suicide risk assessment specifically evaluates the potential lethality of a plan?
Answer: Access to and knowledge of means
Assessing means access and knowledge directly informs how lethal the envisioned plan could be if acted upon.
The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) framework uses the Suicide Status Form (SSF) to:
Answer: Co-create a crisis plan collaboratively with the patient
CAMS and the SSF engage the patient as a collaborator in identifying their own suicidal drivers and building a targeted treatment plan.
A clinician notes that a patient's suicidal ideation is ego-syntonic. This means:
Answer: The patient views the ideation as consistent with their goals and values
Ego-syntonic ideation is experienced as congruent with the self, which generally indicates higher risk than ego-dystonic (distressing) ideation.
Which of the following best describes the purpose of a 'means restriction counseling' component in a safety plan?
Answer: To reduce lethal means access during a suicidal crisis
Means restriction counseling addresses the environment by reducing access to lethal methods, creating time and distance between impulse and action.
The Linehan Risk Assessment and Management Protocol (LRAMP) is most closely associated with which therapeutic approach?
Answer: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
LRAMP was developed within the DBT framework to provide structured suicide risk assessment for clinicians treating chronically suicidal patients.