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Which of the following statements regarding the use of antidepressants to treat depression in adolescents is true?
 
  The use of antidepressants when combined with cognitive behavioral therapy
  decreases depression.
  Psychotherapy alone is much more effective than medical treatment in
  adolescents.
  The newer antidepressants are totally safe and can be prescribed for
  adolescents without concern.
  Recent research has shown that the use of antidepressants in adolescents
  greatly increases the risk of suicide and therefore should not be used.

Question 2

Anna Freud would describe adolescent rebellion and defiance as
 
  signifying a developmental delay.
  normal.
  problematic.
  evidence of being stuck in the latency period.

Question 3

Which of the following is more common in adolescent boys than in adolescent girls?
 
  serious consideration of suicide
  parasuicide
  completed suicide
  foiled suicide

Question 4

Suicidal ideation is more common in _______ than in _______.
 
  boys; girls.
  older adolescents; younger adolescents.
  girls; boys.
  adults; adolescents.

Question 5

Adolescents who perform acts of parasuicide
 
  have clear intentions of killing themselves.
  are almost always disappointed that they did not kill themselves.
  will tend to try again if authority figures assume the attempt was serious.
  wonder why they risked death.

Question 6

Several suicides committed within the same group of people in a brief period are referred to as
 
  cult suicides.
  pact suicides.
  planned suicides.
  cluster suicides.

Question 7

Identify the accurate statement about adolescent suicide.
 
  The adolescent suicide rate is about twice that of adults.
  The adolescent rate in 2006 was double what it was in 1962.
  Almost all teens who seriously consider suicide attempt suicide.
  The present adolescent suicide rate is about 1 in 500 each year.

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