Suicide May Become More Common in Adolescence Than in Childhood

question 100

Multiple Choice

Suicide may become more common in adolescence than in childhood for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

• A)adolescents have higher rates of several types of psychopathology that are tied to suicide.
• B)adolescents are more sophisticated than children in their thinking and can contemplate suicide more clearly.
• C)adolescents simply have easier access to the means to commit suicide than do children.
• D)adolescents are generally more prone to impulsive behaviors, whereas children tend to be more cautious.

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