The Predictive Validity of the Beck Depression Inventory Suicide Item

• Published in: The journal of clinical psychiatry Vol. 76; no. 12; p. 1683
• Main Authors: Green, Kelly L, Brown, Gregory K, Jager-Hyman, Shari, Cha, Jason, Steer, Robert A, Beck, Aaron T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Predictive Value of Tests; Proportional Hazards Models; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - standards; Reproducibility of Results; Risk; Suicide; Suicide, Attempted; Young Adult

The current study examines the predictive validity of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) suicide item for death by suicide and suicide attempts. The study included 2 samples: (1) 5,200 psychiatric outpatients who were evaluated between 1975 and 1995 and followed prospectively for up to 20 years (al...