COLUMBIA-SUICIDE SEVERITY RATING SCALE
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1) Have you wished you were dead or wished you could go to sleep and not wake up?
2) Have you actually had any thoughts of killing yourself?
If "yes" to 2) - 3) Have you been thinking about how you might do this? 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."
If "yes" to 2) - 4) Have you had these thoughts and had some intention of acting on them? As opposed to "I have the thoughts but I definitely will not do anything about them."
If "yes" to 2) - 5) Have you started to work out or worked out the details of how to kill yourself? Do you intend to carry out this plan?
If "no" to 2) - 6) Have you ever done anything, started to do anything, or prepared to do anything to end your life?
For inquiries and training information contact: Kelly Posner, Ph.D.
New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, New York, 10032; posnerk@nyspi.columbia.edu
© 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.
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