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A Study of the Use and Interpretation of Standardized Suicide Risk Assessment: Measures within a Psychiatrically Hospitalized Correctional Population
Article first published online: 28 JAN 2013
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00124.x
© 2012 The American Association of Suicidology
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Horon, R., McManus, T., Schmollinger, J., Barr, T. and Jimenez, M. (2013), A Study of the Use and Interpretation of Standardized Suicide Risk Assessment: Measures within a Psychiatrically Hospitalized Correctional Population. Suicide and Life-Threat Behavi, 43: 17–38. doi: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00124.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 28 JAN 2013
- Article first published online: 28 JAN 2013
- Manuscript Accepted: 2 AUG 2012
- Manuscript Received: 4 NOV 2011
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The reliability, validity, and utility of the Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (ASIQ), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS), and Reasons for Attempting Suicide Questionnaire (RASQ) with correctional mental health populations was evaluated. Evidence was found indicating good to excellent reliability for all measures. Each of the measures significantly differentiated multiple attempters from single attempters and nonattempters, providing evidence of convergent and divergent validity. Logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic analyses revealed strong associations between multiple attempts and the ASIQ, BSS, and RASQ, but not the BHS. Implications for suicide risk assessment processes in correctional settings are discussed.