Testing the Psychometric Properties of the Risk-Rescue Rating Scale: A Lethality Measure for Suicide Attempts
Tormod Stangeland,
Ketil Hanssen-Bauer,
Johan Siqveland
Abstract:Health personnel often make inconsistent assessments and unclear reports about suicide attempts, in part because they lack a common standard for assessing lethality. We argue that the Risk-Rescue Rating Scale (RRRS) may help in resolving this problem. It is a measure based on observable indications of the medical danger of a suicide attempt and of the patient’s efforts to avoid or achieve rescue. The instrument is a clinician-rated supplement to self-reports and can be administered in a few minutes and learned… Show more
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