Grade 11 Healthy Active Living Education Additional Supports ...

Positive Mental Health and Stress
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Facts and Myths about Suicide
Instructions: Write ÒFactÓ or ÒMythÓ beside each statement.
________ 1. Young people rarely think about suicide.
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________ 2. Talking about suicide will give a young person the idea, or permission,
to consider suicide as a solution to their problems.
________ 3. Suicide is sudden and unpredictable.
________ 4. Suicidal people are determined to die.
________ 5. A suicidal person will always be at risk.
________ 6. Boys attempt suicide more often than girls.
________ 7. Teenagers who have Òsolved their problemsÓ with alcohol and drugs
rarely commit suicide.
________ 8. A person who has attempted suicide once is at a much lower risk of a
second attempt.
________ 9. All teenagers who attempt suicide have some form of mental
illness.
________ 10. Marked improvement in the mental state of a severely depressed
individual means the crisis is past and they are no longer at risk.
________ 11. The loss of a relationship is the most common significant event
preceding a suicide attempt.
________ 12. Other family members are at a higher risk of attempting suicide themselves
if a suicide has occurred in their family.
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