Psychosocial Assessment Tools for Children and Adults

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- Posner, Ph.D., Kelly. Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale. The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS) and The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc., 2008, p. 1-2.

- Education Development Center, Inc. and Screening for Mental Health, Inc. SuicideAssessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage for Mental Health Professionals. The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS) and Education Development Center, Inc. and Screening for Mental Health, Inc., 2009, p. 1-2.

Update
Cost-Effectiveness of Implementing
a Suicide Prediction Tool (OxMIS) in Severe
Mental Illness: Economic Modeling Study

- Botchway, S., Tsiachristas, A., Pollard, J., & Fazel, S. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of implementing a suicide prediction tool (OxMIS) in severe mental illness: Economic modeling study. European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 66(1), e6.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Hom, M. A., Joiner, T. E., Jr., & Bernert, R. A. (2016). Limitations of a single-item assessment of suicide attempt history: Implications for standardized suicide risk assessment. Psychological Assessment, 28(8), 1026–1030.

Levi-Belz, Y., & Feigelman, W. (2021). Pulling together—The protective role of belongingness for depression, suicidal ideation and behavior among suicide-bereaved individuals. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention.

Picard, E. H., & Rosenfeld, B. (2020). How clinicians incorporate suicide risk factors into suicide risk assessment. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. Advance online publication.

Roush, J. F., Brown, S. L., Jahn, D. R., Mitchell, S. M., Taylor, N. J., Quinnett, P., & Ries, R. (2018). Mental health professionals' suicide risk assessment and management practices: The impact of fear of suicide-related outcomes and comfort working with suicidal individuals. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 39(1), 55–64. 

Online Continuing Education QUESTION 1
What are the seven suicide risk factors? Record the letter of the correct answer the CEU Test.