A nursing instructor is teaching about suicide.Which student statement indicates that learning has occurred?
A) "Suicidal threats and gestures should be considered manipulative and/or attention-seeking."
B) "Suicide is the act of a psychotic person."
C) "All suicidal individuals are mentally ill."
D) "Fifty to eighty percent of all people who kill themselves have a history of a previous attempt."

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It is a fact that between 50% and 80% of all people who kill themselves have a history of a previous attempt.All other answer choices are myths about suicide.

A Nursing Instructor Is Teaching About Suicide