Is There Value in Asking the Question “Do you think you would be better off dead?” in Assessing Suicidality? A Case Study

Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience

Jennifer M. Giddens¹  David V. Sheehan¹ 

[1] J. Giddens is the Co-founder of the Tampa Center for Research on Suicidality, Tampa, Florida; and Dr. Sheehan is Distinguished University Health Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida.

关键词: Suicide scale;    suicide assessment;    suicide risk;    suicide;    suicidal ideation;    impulsive suicide;    impulsive suicidality;    suicidality;    C-SSRS;    S-STS;    better off dead;   

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学科分类：精神健康和精神病学

来源: Matrix Medical Communications, LLC

【 摘 要 】

Objective: The author of the widely used suicidality scale, the Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale, has repeatedly made the claim that asking the question, “Do you think you would be better off dead?” in suicidality assessment delivers false positive results. This case study investigates the value of this question as an immediate antecedent to impulsive suicidality and as a correlate of functional impairment.

【 授权许可】

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