Suicide Notes Are Direct Communications Indicating an Intent to Commit

question 67

True/False

Suicide notes are direct communications indicating an intent to commit suicide. The notes may be
instructional and/or admonishing and often times have mixed emotional content including
positive and negative feelings.

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Definitions:

Treatment Prognosis

An assessment of the likely course and outcome of a disease or condition following treatment.

Professional Help

Assistance offered by certified or licensed professionals in a specific field, especially in healthcare, legal, or educational services.

Did Diagnoses

Likely a typing error, but if it meant "DID diagnoses," it would refer to the process of identifying Dissociative Identity Disorder, a complex psychological condition.

DSM-5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, a publication by the American Psychiatric Association that provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders.