• COLUMBIA-SUICIDE SEVERITY RATING SCALE

  • SUICIDE IDEATION DEFINITIONS AND PROMPTS (Past Month)

  • E.g. “I thought about taking an overdose but I never made a specific plan as to when
    where or how I would actually do it....and I would never go through with it.”
  • As opposed to “I have the thoughts but I definitely will not do anything about them.”
  • Examples: Collected pills, obtained a gun, gave away valuables, wrote a will or suicide note, took out pills but didn’t swallow any, held a gun but changed your mind or it was grabbed from your hand, went to the roof but didn’t jump; or actually took pills, tried to shoot you rself, cut yourself, tried to hang yourself, etc.
  • Should be Empty: