@article{ref1,
title="Use of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) in a large sample of Veterans receiving mental health services in the Veterans Health Administration",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2019",
author="Katz, Ira and Barry, Catherine N. and Cooper, Samantha A. and Kasprow, Wesley J. and Hoff, Rani A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the associations of self-reports of suicidal ideation and behavior using the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) in a survey of patients receiving mental health services in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) with reports of attempts documented in medical records and administrative data. <br><br>METHOD: The C-SSRS was administered to 15,373 Veterans in the Veterans Outcome Assessment (VOA) survey. Concurrent validity was evaluated by comparing self-reports from the past 3 months with VHA records. Predictive validity was evaluated by logistic regression models using attempts over the subsequent 3 months as the outcome. <br><br>RESULTS: Tests of concurrent validity found strong associations between self-reports and attempts documented in VHA records, but there were substantial numbers of discordant responses. In tests of predictive validity, area under the ROC curve for predicting future attempts was >0.8. There were differences in the distribution of responses and of psychometric properties across VHA mental health programs. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Findings support the value of screening and the validity of the self-reports based on the C-SSRS, but limitations in concordance with medical records and variability across programs suggest the need for clinical judgment in interpreting responses.<br><br>Published 2019. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1111/sltb.12584",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12584"
}