TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Suicide ideation at its worst point: a predictor of eventual suicide in psychiatric outpatients
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Grisham, J. R.
A1  - Dahlsgaard, K. K.
A1  - Steer, R. A.
A1  - Brown, Gregory K.
A1  - Beck, Aaron T.
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
VL  - 29
IS  - 1
N2  - Scales for measuring current suicide ideation (SSI-C), suicide ideation at its worst point in the patient's life (SSI-W), and hopelessness (BHS) were administered to 3,701 outpatients seeking psychiatric treatment. Thirty patients from this sample eventually committed suicide, within a mean of 4 years from the initial assessment. Based on cut-off scores derived from receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses, the SSI-W had an odds ratio of 13.84 for predicting suicide, whereas the SSI-C and the BHS had odds ratios of 5.42 and 6.43, respectively. The assessment of suicide ideation at its worst point identifies a subgroup of patients at relatively high risk for eventual suicide. Robust interventions and periodic monitoring for suicide ideation and hopelessness are recommended to reduce long-term suicide risk.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -