Instruments to assess suicide risk: a systematic review
Trends psychiatry psychother. (Impr.)
; 42(3): 276-281, July-Sept. 2020. tab, graf
Article
in English
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| ID: biblio-1139831
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BR1.1
ABSTRACT
Abstract Introduction Suicide is an issue of great severity in public health worldwide. This study aimed to investigate which instruments are most frequently used by healthcare professionals to assess suicide risk and how accessible such instruments are, as well as to determine the scope of suicide phenomena. Method A systematic review was performed using the following Boolean searches "scale AND suicide," "evaluation AND suicide," "questionnaire AND suicide." The articles retrieved were read and selected by two independent researchers - any discrepancies were addressed by a third researcher. Results From a total number of 206 articles, 20 instruments were identified as being currently used to assess suicide risk. The two most common were the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSI) and The Columbia - Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). Conclusion Even though the two scales (BSI and C-SSRS) are the most frequently mentioned and used by healthcare professionals to assess suicide risk, both instruments present breaches in their structure and there is not yet a single instrument considered to be the gold standard. As a future perspective, there is the urgency of developing a new tool that can widely and completely assess all psychopathological aspects of suicidality.
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Target 3.7: Universal access to health services related to reproductive and sexual health
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
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Suicide
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Risk Assessment
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
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Systematic review
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Trends psychiatry psychother. (Impr.)
Journal subject:
Psychiatry
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre/BR