Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation.

BSS / BSSI

What it measures

Severity of current suicidal ideation - the intensity of attitudes, behaviors and plans to die by suicide in the past week; a self-report counterpart to the clinician Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI)

Length and format

21 (first 19 scored; items 20-21 cover prior attempts). 3-point graded statements (0-2) for the 19 scored items; total 0-38; any positive ideation flags risk (no single severity band) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages incl. ES, ZH, FA, PT, TR, KO, BN and others

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - commercial

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Reference

Beck, A. T., & Steer, R. A. (1991). Manual for the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation (now Pearson).