Review Article: Update on Suicide Assessment Instruments and Methodologies
Abstract
This review summarizes the current status of suicide assessment and focuses on suicide-specific instrumentation and methodologies developed in the last 30 years. The purpose is to provide a brief overview and comparison of modem suicide assessment tools. The emphasis is on instruments and methodologies that may have utility beyond the individual clinical application. Thirty-two suicide rating scales, as well as case vignettes, psychological autopsies, suicide reviews, and post suicide assessment instruments are described. The Scale for Suicide Ideation-Worst and the military's post suicide assessment instruments appear to have the greatest reliability, broadest application, and utility for large-scale intervention/prevention purposes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA381300
Entities
People
- Daniel R. Jones
- K. Hirsch
- K. Kennedy
- L. L. Hourani
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center