Citation

Oquendo MA. J. Clin. Psychiatry 2015; 76(12): 1675.

Affiliation

moquendo@psychiatrist.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Physicians Postgraduate Press)

DOI

10.4088/JCP.15f10520

PMID

26717527

Abstract

This issue of Focus on Suicide brings us new data about risk assessment, with 2 articles examining the utility of rating scales for assessment of suicidal behavior. Youngstrom et al conduct a careful comparison of 3 suicide rating scales: the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), the Suicide Tracking Scale (STS), and the Sheehan Suicidality Tracking Scale (S-STS). While the scales did comparably in 2 broad categories, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, the study suggests that some subtypes of suicidal behavior/ideation are not captured as well by the S-STS.

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