Among the Many Challenges for the Clinician When Assessing and Managing

question 3

Multiple Choice

Among the many challenges for the clinician when assessing and managing suicide risk,the __________ is NOT a concern.

• A)limited availability of quality suicide intervention resources from the Internet,books,monographs,and research on best practices
• B)risk assessment that depends on good clinical judgment
• C)counselor's internal emotional reaction (as per the Core Competencies for Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk by the AAS/SPRC)
• D)tension between managing the counselor's goal to intervene and the client's goal to end pain through suicide

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Definitions:

Type I Error

The statistical error that occurs when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected.

Correct Decision

A conclusion or judgement that is accurate, based on the evaluation of evidence or data.

Type II Error

Occurs in hypothesis testing when a false null hypothesis is not rejected, leading to the false conclusion that a difference or effect does not exist when it actually does.

Power

The probability that a statistical test will correctly reject a false null hypothesis; related to the capability to detect an effect if there is one.