Citation

Matarazzo BB, Clemans TA, Silverman MM, Brenner LA. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2013; 43(3): 235-249.

Affiliation

Veteran Integrated Service Network (VISN) 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Denver, CO, USA; University of Colorado, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1943-278x.2012.00131.x

PMID

23145815

Abstract

The lack of a standardized nomenclature for suicide-related thoughts and behaviors prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with the Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, to create the Self-Directed Violence Classification System (SDVCS). SDVCS has been adopted by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. Another classification system, the Columbia Classification Algorithm for Suicide Assessment, has been recommended by the Food and Drug Administration. To facilitate the use of both systems, this article provides a "crosswalk" between the two classification systems.

Language: en