A Mental Health Professional Wanting to Reduce the Risk of Suicide

question 97

Multiple Choice

A mental health professional wanting to reduce the risk of suicide in a client who uses alcohol would probably say, ____.

• A) "Stop drinking. Alcohol constricts your thinking, and that is dangerous."
• B) "If you stop drinking suddenly, you will experience alcohol myopia, a dangerous condition."
• C) "Alcohol myopia is a pleasant state that will probably reduce your likelihood of committing suicide."
• D) "I'm not worried about your drinking because you are less likely to take your life when intoxicated than when sober."

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Definitions:

Normal Balance

The side (debit or credit) of an account that is typically increased; varies depending on the account type.

Debit

An accounting entry that increases an asset or expense account or decreases a liability or equity account.

Credit

In finance, it refers to the borrowing capacity of an individual or company, or the entry on the right side of a financial account, indicating an increase in liability or decrease in asset.

Unadjusted Trial Balance

A report listing all the balances in each account in the ledger before any adjusting entries are made, used to check the equality of debits and credits.