Ned Is a Very Skilled Interviewer

question 48

Multiple Choice

Ned is a very skilled interviewer. Which of the following methods for assessing suicide ideation is he LEAST likely to use?

• A) Directly ask: "Have you been thinking about suicide?"
• B) He will use a normalizing frame
• C) He will use gentle assumption
• D) He will ask about mood using a rating scale with a suicidal floor
• E) All of the above are equal in sophistication

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