Key Warning Signs for Early-Onset Mental Illness in Children & Adolescents and Suicide Prevention Best Practices

Welcome to your Key Warning Signs of Early Onset Children’s Mental Illness and Suicide Prevention Post Test

1. What are the two main factors that influence a child’s mental health?

a. Cognitive and Behavioral

b. Misbehavior and Risk Taking

c. Need for Attention and Poor Parenting

d. Biological and Environmental

2. What indicators help us tell the difference between typical behaviors and signs of mental health problems?

a. Disruption, Impulsiveness, Anger

b. Frequency, Duration, Intensity

c. Trauma, Poverty, Abuse

d. Culture, Development, Sensitivity

3. What strategy should parents and teachers use when a child has a melt down?

a. Talk to them sternly and give them a half hour time out

b. Restrain and seclude them until they behave

c. Stay calm, reassuring and be a regulation partner

d. Call the child’s parents to take him home and give them detention upon return to school

4. Which of the following should one not do when offering help to someone with suicidal ideation?

a. Ask them if the person is thinking of killing themself

b. Firmly tell the person that they are selfish and should stop feeling sorry for themselves

c. Listen non-judgmentally and let them know you care

d. Do not leave them alone and ensure they have a safety contact

5. Which of the following is not a risk factor for suicide?

a. Being bullied

b. LGBTQ sexual orientation

c. A family history of depression and suicide

d. Higher intelligence