Structured assessment of suicide risk in a psychiatric emergency service: Psychometric evaluation of the Nurses' Global Assessment of Suicide Risk scale (NGASR)

Conclusions: Internal consistency of the NGASR and most of the subscales identified was low. Other indicators of reliability of the NGASR were sufficient, although predictive validity was poor. The NGASR did not outperform other instruments but is easy to use, and may contribute to identification of risk factors, as well as to a more integral assessment of suicide risk.

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Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - April 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: van Veen, M., van Weeghel, I., Koekkoek, B., Braam, A. W. Tags: Articles Source Type: research