Function and Psychotherapy of Chronic Suicidality in Borderline Personality Disorder Post-Test Please complete the following questions. You must score a 80% or higher to receiving a passing score and course credit. 1. The term suicidality encompasses a subset of psychopathological phenomena that includes all of the following EXCEPT suicidal ideations (thinking about, considering, and planning suicide). self-harming behaviors. ambivalent suicidal attempt. suicide. 2. There is _____________ evidence that treatment termination, referrals, or involuntary hospitalizations are effective in reducing suicide risks. ample significant little no 3. All of the following are examples of Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) EXCEPT shooting self with firearm. burning skin. head banging. cutting. 4. Taylor (2018) provided a means of differentiating the _______ of NSSI behaviors. relevance genuineness function root 5. NSSI behaviors reduce the neurological activity in the ________. hippocampus corpus callosum prefrontal cortex amygdala 6. The later course of borderline personality disorder and long unsuccessful treatment often results in ________ rates of suicidality. the lowest average highest consistent with early courses of borderline personality disorder. 7. According to Hayes (2004), _______ functions to escape, avoid, or modify an experience to suppress emotion. Experiential Avoidance Experiential Protraction Experiential Confrontation Experiential Awareness 8. According to the ACT theory, thinking of suicide can be regarded as a __________. defense mechanism to avoid intense negative emotions. learned method of problem solving that involves escaping from intense negative emotions. distorted cognitive processes. narratives of one’s coping behaviors. 9. An individual may receive an even greater reinforcement of control over difficult emotional experiences when they consider each of the following about suicide EXCEPT how. when. where. impacts. 10. According to Murrell (2014), ________ can reduce shame and help establish acceptability of discussing suicide. reinforcement confrontation normalizing ignoring Loading...
