Measuring Suicidal Behavior and Risk in Children and Adolescents (Measurement and Instrumentation in Psychology)

299 Pages·2003·15.52 MB·English

by  David B.

MEASURING SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR AND RISK
IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Measurement and Instrumentation in Psychology
Measuring Self-Concept Across the Lqe Span: Issues and Instrumentation
Barbara M. Byrne
Measuring Suicidal Behavior and Risk in Children and Adolescents
David B. Goldston
Psychological Assessment in Medical Rehabilitation
Edited by Laura A. Cushman and Marcia J. Scherer
Measuring Suicidal
Behavior and Risk in
Children and Adolescents
David B. Goldston
A M E R I C A N P S Y C H O L O G I C A L A S S O C I A T I O N
W A S H I N G T O N , D C
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Goldston, David B.
Measuring suicidal behavior and risk in children and adolescents /
David B. Goldston.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-59147-008-0 (alk. paper)
1. Children-Suicidal behavior-Diagnosis. 2. Teenagers-Suicidal
behavior-Diagnosis. 3. Children-Suicidal behavior-Psychological
testing. Teenagers-Suicidal behavior-Psychological testing. 5.
4.
Psychological tests for children-Evaluation. 6. Youth-Psychological
testing-Evaluation. I. Title.
RJ506S9G65 2003
618.92’858445075-dc21 2003005155
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First Edition
Contents
List of Measures vii
Acknowledgments xi
t. Overview 1
Chapter 1. Introduction: Measuring Suicidal Behaviors
and Risk 3
Chapter 2. Conceptual and Definitional Issues 13
11. Detection Instruments 21
Chapter 3. Structured and Semistructured Psychiatric
Diagnostic Interviews 23
Chapter 4. Interviews Specifically Focused on Suicidal
Behaviors and Clinician-Rated Indices 65
Chapter 5. Self-Report Inventories and Behavior Checklists 87
Chapter 6. Survey Screening Items for Suicidal Behaviors 123
111. Risk Assessment Other Instruments 145
and
Chapter 7. Assessing Risk of Suicidal Behaviors: Self-Report
Questionnaires and Clinician Rating Scales 147
Chapter 8. Assessing Risk of Suicidal Behaviors: Multitiered
Screening Assessments 205
V
vi CONTENTS
Chapter Assessing Intent and Lethality of Suicidal Behavior
9. 221
Chapter Other Suicide-Related Instruments
10. 241
Conclusion 25 1
IV.
Chapter 11. Summary, Recommendations, and Future
Directions
253
References
265
Appendix
29 1
Index
299
About the Author
303
list of Measures
Chapter 3. Structured and Semistructured Psychiatric
Diagnostic Interviews
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment
25
Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes
27
Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents
28
Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children
31
Dominic-R and Dominic Interactive
37
Interview Schedule for Children and Adolescents
40
Kiddie-Longitudinal Interval Follow-Up Evaluation and
Adolescent-Longitudinal Interval Follow-Up Evaluation
43
Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, School-Age
Epidemiologic Version
45
Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, School-Age
Lifetime Version
51
Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, School-Age
Present State Version
53
Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, School-Age
Present and Lifetime Version
57
Pictorial Instrument for Children and Adolescents
59
Chapter 4. Interviews Specifically Focused on Suicidal Behaviors
and Clinician-Rated Indices
Adolescent Suicide Interview and Multimedia Adolescent
Suicide Interview
66
Children’s Depression Rating Scale-Revised
68
viii LIST OF MEASURES
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 71
Lifetime Parasuicide Count 73
Risk of Suicide Questionnaire 75
Spectrum of Suicidal Behavior Scale of the Child Suicide
Potential Scales 77
Suicidal Behaviors Interview 81
Chapter 5. Self-Report Inventories and Behavior Checklists
Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist, Teacher Report Form,
and Youth Self-Report 88
Adolescent Psychopathology Scale and Adolescent
Psychopathology Scale-Short Form 91
Beck Depression Inventory Suicide Item 94
Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation 97
Children’s Depression Inventory Suicide Item 100
Dimensions of Depression Profile for Children and Adolescents 103
Harkavy Asnis Suicide Scale 106
Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire 109
Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire and Suicidal Behaviors
Questionnaire for Children 115
Chapter 6. Survey Screening Items for Suicidal Behaviors
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Suicidal
Ideation Items (Added to the Original Measure) 124
Challenges and Coping Survey for Lesbian, Gay, and
Bisexual Youth 127
DSM Scale for Depression 130
Indian Health Service Adolescent Health Survey 132
Middle Adolescent Vulnerability Study Survey 134
Midwest Homeless and Runaway Adolescent Project Survey 136
Youth Risk Behavior Survey 138
LIST OF MEASURESix
Chapter 7. Assessing Risk of Suicidal Behaviors: Self-Report
Questionnaires and Clinician Rating Scales
Adapted SAD PERSONS Scale 148
Beck Hopelessness Scale 150
Child-Adolescent Suicidal Potential Index 154
Child Suicide Potential Scales 156
Child Suicide Risk Assessment 160
Expendable Child Measure 162
Firestone Assessment of Self-Destructive Thoughts 163
Hopelessness Scale for Children 165
Inventory of Suicide Orientation-30 169
Life Attitudes Schedule 172
Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory Suicidal Tendency Scale 175
Multi-Attitude Suicide Tendency Scale for Adolescents 177
Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation Inventory 180
PATHOS 182
Reasons for Living Inventory 184
Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents and Brief Reasons
for Living Inventory for Adolescents 187
Suicide Probability Scale 191
Suicide Resilience Inventory-25 194
Suicide Risk Screen 196
Zung Index of Potential Suicide and Israeli Index of
Potential Suicide 197
Chapter 8. Assessing of Suicidal Behaviors:
Risk
Multitiered Screening Assessments
Columbia Teen Screen and Diagnostic Interview Schedule for
Children 206