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Screening Teens for Suicidal Ideas Not a Risk
Asking teenagers if they think about suicide does not increase the risk they will act on it and may actually help adolescents who suffer from depression, researchers said on Tuesday. More than 2, 300 students at six suburban New York high schools filled out questionnaires with half answering questions about whether they thought about suicide while the other half did not. Neither group exhibited increased distress or suicidal thoughts after participating, including at - risk individuals with a history of suicide attempts, depression, or drug abuse.
"On the contrary, the findings suggested that asking about suicidal ideation or behavior may have been beneficial for students with depression symptoms or previous suicide attempts," said the study’ s lead author, Madelyn Gould of New York State Psychiatric Institute. "Our findings can allay concerns about the potential harm of high school - based suicide screening, "she wrote in the Journal of theAmerican MedicalAssociation. " Health professionals should not hesitate to pose such questions, "she addeD、
Previous studies have shown screening can be very effective in identifying youths who may contemplate suicide.But suicide awareness programs in schools could be detrimental, the report saiD、The National Institute of Mental health said there were 1,611 suicides in the 15 to 19 age group in 2001 ,with five times as many boys killing themselves as girls. There were more than 4,000 suicides among 15 - to 24 - year - olds in 2002, according to government data collected by theAmericanAssociation of Suieidology. For every suicide, as many as 100 to 200 others in the age group attempted suicide, the group saiD、Suicide rates in the United States generally declined in the decade to 2002, falling to 9.9 per 100,000 among 15 - to 24 - year - olds from 13.5 per 100,000 in 1993.
What is the author’s purpose for writing this artMeA．Urge the schools to provide suicide awareness programs.
B．Advise the teachers pay more attention to the students with a history of suicide attempts.
C．Ask people to allay concerns about teenagers’ suicides because the suicide rates in the United States have generally declineD、
D．Make us believe that screening teens for suicidal ideas is not a risk, but a very effective way to help teenagers to prevent suicid
网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
本题考查对作者写作目的把握，可以在理解全文的主旨后直接做出选择，也可以通过排除法来做。A项与文中“But suicide awareness programs in schools could be detrimental(不利的)”一句意思不符，可排除；B项文中没有相近的阐述，可以排除；C项文中作者是说研究发现的结论可以减轻我们对“screening teens for suicidal ideas”这种方法使用的担心，而不是选项中所述因为自杀率降低我们可以减少担心，故也可以排除；答案选D。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
Asking teenagers if they think about suicide does not increase the risk they will act on it and may actually help adolescents who suffer from depression, researchers said on Tuesday. More than 2, 300 students at six suburban New York high schools filled out questionnaires with half answering questions about whether they thought about suicide while the other half did not. Neither group exhibited increased distress or suicidal thoughts after participating, including at - risk individuals with a history of suicide attempts, depression, or drug abuse.
"On the contrary, the findings suggested that asking about suicidal ideation or behavior may have been beneficial for students with depression symptoms or previous suicide attempts," said the study’ s lead author, Madelyn Gould of New York State Psychiatric Institute. "Our findings can allay concerns about the potential harm of high school - based suicide screening, "she wrote in the Journal of theAmerican MedicalAssociation. " Health professionals should not hesitate to pose such questions, "she addeD、
Previous studies have shown screening can be very effective in identifying youths who may contemplate suicide.But suicide awareness programs in schools could be detrimental, the report saiD、The National Institute of Mental health said there were 1,611 suicides in the 15 to 19 age group in 2001 ,with five times as many boys killing themselves as girls. There were more than 4,000 suicides among 15 - to 24 - year - olds in 2002, according to government data collected by theAmericanAssociation of Suieidology. For every suicide, as many as 100 to 200 others in the age group attempted suicide, the group saiD、Suicide rates in the United States generally declined in the decade to 2002, falling to 9.9 per 100,000 among 15 - to 24 - year - olds from 13.5 per 100,000 in 1993.
What is the author’s purpose for writing this artMeA．Urge the schools to provide suicide awareness programs.
B．Advise the teachers pay more attention to the students with a history of suicide attempts.
C．Ask people to allay concerns about teenagers’ suicides because the suicide rates in the United States have generally declineD、
D．Make us believe that screening teens for suicidal ideas is not a risk, but a very effective way to help teenagers to prevent suicid
网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
本题考查对作者写作目的把握，可以在理解全文的主旨后直接做出选择，也可以通过排除法来做。A项与文中“But suicide awareness programs in schools could be detrimental(不利的)”一句意思不符，可排除；B项文中没有相近的阐述，可以排除；C项文中作者是说研究发现的结论可以减轻我们对“screening teens for suicidal ideas”这种方法使用的担心，而不是选项中所述因为自杀率降低我们可以减少担心，故也可以排除；答案选D。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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