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6 years ago
An adult female whose fianc recently called off the wedding attempts suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping medication. Immediately after taking the medication, she calls friends and family to tell them what she has done.
 
  Her friends and family activate the emergency response system, and she is taken to the emergency room and is admitted to a mental health facility for monitoring. She is exhibiting signs and symptoms most evident of which suicidal motivational category? a. Crying for help
  b. Relieving distress
  c. Preoccupation with suicide
  d. Refusal to accept a diminished style of life
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This behavior is characteristic of a cry for help. Calling others after her attempt shows that she was not intent on committing suicide. Relieving distress refers to individuals who face situations that threaten their own intactness as a person, such as terminal illness; preoccupation with suicide indicates the only form of control for one's own life; and refusal to accept a diminished style of life refers to considering all options, then rationally deciding that suicide is the best option.
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