Treatment for Suicide Attempts in Adolescents: Youth and Family Perspectives

Cohen, Daniel; Asarnow, Joan Rosenbaum; Taylor, Heather B.; Do, Minh-Chau; Gragossian, Alin

doi:10.1037/e610532010-001

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“…Consistent with data on the greater sensitivity of self‐report versus clinician administered measures when assessing sensitive behaviors, the rate of reported attempts was substantially higher with the HASS as compared to the interviewer‐administered DISC‐IV. Clinically, this is of critical importance because reporting of suicidal behavior may be particularly sensitive, with youths reluctant to report suicidality given the high likelihood of psychiatric hospitalization and youths' frequent concerns about being hospitalized (Asarnow et al., ; Cohen, Asarnow, Taylor, Do, & Gragossian, ). The SA scale developed in this study showed high sensitivity, detecting all of the youths reporting SAs on the DISC‐IV.…”

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Suicide Attempt Risk in Youths: Utility of the Harkavy–Asnis Suicide Scale for Monitoring Risk Levels

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Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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We aimed to evaluate the Harkavy-Asnis Suicide Scale (HASS), one of the few self-report scales assessing suicidal behavior and ideation, and to identify predictors of suicide attempts with the goal of developing a model that clinicians can use for monitoring suicide-attempt risk. Participants were 131 pediatric Emergency Department patients with suicidal behavior. The HASS and Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC-IV) were administered approximately two months after ED presentation. When compared with DISC-IV ratings, sensitivity of the HASS suicide attempt items was excellent (100%), and overall classification accuracy was 72%. Suicide attempt planning was the strongest predictor of suicide attempts.

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