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A 20-year-old client has a history of suicide attempts of low to moderate lethality. He has been seeing a nurse psychotherapist for 4 years.
 
  Late one Friday evening, the nurse psychotherapist receives a telephone call from the client stating that he has ingested half a bottle of aspirin. The nurse psychotherapist advises the client to call 911 for emergency assistance and says that he will be available to reschedule a psychotherapy appointment when the client has recovered. What is the explanation for the nurse psychotherapist's behavior?
  A) He is using an aversive stimulus in response to the client's suicide attempt.
  B) He is using negative reinforcement in response to the client's suicide attempt.
  C) He is minimizing reinforcement of the client's suicidal behavior with the goal of extinction.
  D) He lacks empathy for the client's recurring suicidal behavior.
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