When Television Newscasters Dramatize Suicides, There Is the Danger of ____

question 39

Multiple Choice

When television newscasters dramatize suicides, there is the danger of ____.

• A) reducing the early identification of suicide attempters
• B) increasing the lethality of the methods that suicide attempters choose
• C) increasing the sense of depression among adolescents
• D) generating copycat suicides

---

Definitions:

Antipsychotic Drugs

Medications used to treat psychiatric conditions by altering brain chemistry to improve symptoms of psychosis, including hallucinations and delusions.

Delusions

False beliefs held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary, commonly observed in psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia

A serious mental disorder characterized by disturbances in thought, perception, and behavior, leading to a disconnection from reality.

Second-Generation Antipsychotic

A class of medication used to treat psychiatric conditions, believed to offer fewer side effects than first-generation antipsychotics, particularly less tendency to cause movement disorders.