Broad-Based Suicide Prevention or Education Programs Do Not Tend to Be

question 8

Multiple Choice

Broad-based suicide prevention or education programs do not tend to be very helpful and might even do harm because they:

• A)target only students who are not at a high risk for suicide.
• B)usually describe suicidal people as suffering from psychological disorders, thereby adding to the stigma associated with suicide.
• C)make suicide appear quite common, which may cause students to believe that it is an understandable response to stress.
• D)do not address the core psychological issues that cause people to turn to suicide in the first place.

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MS

Mass spectrometry, an analytical technique used for measuring the mass-to-charge ratio of ions to identify and quantify molecules in a sample.

NMR

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, a spectroscopic technique that exploits the magnetic properties of certain atomic nuclei to provide information about the structure, dynamics, reaction state, and chemical environment of molecules.

Unknown Compound

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Proton Decoupled

A technique in NMR spectroscopy where the coupling between nuclear spins is removed, often leading to simpler spectra.