Predicting suicide with the SAD PERSONS scale

ConclusionsAlthough widely used in educational and clinical settings, these findings do not support the use of the SPS and Modified SPS to predict suicide in adults seen by psychiatric services in the emergency department.

Source: Depression and Anxiety - May 4, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Cara Katz, Jason R. Randall, Jitender Sareen, Dan Chateau, Randy Walld, William D. Leslie, JianLi Wang, James M. Bolton Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research