Experimental Studies on Whether Antidepressants Increase Risk of Suicide in Children

question 68

Multiple Choice

Experimental studies on whether antidepressants increase risk of suicide in children and adolescents show that,compared to the control group,children who use antidepressants _____.

• A) were less likely to attempt suicide
• B) were three times as likely to attempt suicide
• C) were five times as likely to commit suicide
• D) showed a greater number of spontaneous statements about suicidal thoughts

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Definitions:

Internal Consistency

A measure of the reliability of a psychological test or survey, based on the extent to which all parts of the test contribute equally to what is being measured.

Hallucinations

A perception of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, or feeling something that is not present or does not exist in the external environment.

Anxiety Symptoms

Manifestations of anxiety, which can include physical symptoms like increased heart rate, and psychological symptoms like excessive worry.

Alternate Forms Test

A method of assessing test reliability by administering different versions of a test to the same group of individuals to compare results.