I recently delivered a webinar on suicide and violence for the Minnesota Center for Chemical and Mental Health. You can view the presentation here.
I’m a huge fan of using validated scales and measures to guide clinical decisions. I described the use of the following tools in the webinar:
- Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale
- Suicidal Affect-Behavior-Cognition Scale
- Suicide Probability Scale
- Brøset Violence Checklist
I also referenced an important meta-analysis by Joseph C. Franklin, Ph.D., et al., and an associated press release by the American Psychological Association.
Finally, here’s a shameless plug for some translational pieces on suicide and violence that I wrote for Today’s Hospitalist (where I’m a long-time contributing editor).
