Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale.
C-SSRS
Severity and intensity of suicidal ideation and the type, frequency and lethality of suicidal behavior, across four constructs (severity of ideation, intensity of ideation, behavior, lethality); current and lifetime versions
- Length and format
- Variable (ideation severity 1-5, intensity sub-items, behavior and lethality subscales); screener and full versions. Yes/no ideation and behavior probes with an ordinal 1-5 ideation-severity scale and a 0-5 lethality scale; not a single summed score - a structured risk classification (clinician-rated/interview)
- Language versions
- 150+ language/country versions (the most-translated suicide-risk instrument); official translations via the Columbia Lighthouse Project
- Licence
- copyrighted - author permission
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- Reference
- Posner, K., Brown, G. K., Stanley, B., et al. (2011). The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale: initial validity and internal consistency findings from three multisite studies with adolescents and adults. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168(12), 1266-1277.
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6 core ideation items + behaviour subscale (semi-structured). copyrighted - author permission.
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