Prediction of eventual suicide in psychiatric inpatients by clinical ratings of hopelessness
Aaron T. et al. Beck
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| Opplysninger | A 9-point clinical rating scale was used to assess the severity of hopelessness in 141 patients hospitalized with sicidal ideation. The patients were followed from 5 to 10 years, and 10 (7.1%) evantually commited suicide. The mean hopelessness rating for the patients committing suicide was significantly higher than that for the patients not committing suicide. A cutoff score of 6 or above successfully predicted 9 (90.0%) of those committing suicide. The results supported previous findings in which self-reported hopelessness on the Beck Hopelessness Scale was reported to predict suicide in both psychiatric outpatients and inpatients.
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