Twenty Suicide Assessment Instruments: Evaluation and Recommendations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1997
Department
Psychology
Abstract
Twenty relatively new suicide assessment instruments can be grouped into the following categories: (a) clinician-rated suicide instruments, (b) self-rated suicide instruments, (c) self-rated buffers against suicide, (d) instruments focused on children and adolescents, and (e) special purpose scab. The present review describes these instruments, giving the potential clinician or researcher information about their psychometric properties, strengths, and weaknesses. They vary in length and the age group for which they are designed, but most are reliable and have same psychometric evidence of validity. Of the 20, most highly recommended are Beck's Scale for Suicide Ideation series, Linehan's Reasons for Living Inventory, and Cole's self-administered adaptation of Linehan's structured interview called the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire.
Publication Title
Death Studies
Volume
21
Issue
1
First Page
25
Last Page
58
Recommended Citation
Range, L. M.,
Knott, E. C.
(1997). Twenty Suicide Assessment Instruments: Evaluation and Recommendations. Death Studies, 21(1), 25-58.
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