Reasons for suicide ideation, as part of Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

INTENSITY OF IDEATION. CDISC variables: QSSCAT = INTENSITY OF IDEATION, QSORRES for QSTESTCD=CSS0111

2016-03-17

For reprints of the C-SSRS contact Kelly Posner, Ph.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, New York, 10032; inquiries and training requirements contact posnerk@childpsych.columbia.edu ý 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. "Posner, K., Brown, G.K., Stanley, B., Brent, D.A., Yershova, K.V., Oquendo, M.A., Currier, G.W., Melvin, G., Greenhill, L., Shen, S., & Mann, J.J., The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale: Initial Validity and Internal Consistency Findings From Three Multisite Studies With Adolescents and Adults American Journal of Psychiatry, 2011; 168:1266-1277."

The following features should be rated with respect to the most severe type of ideation (i.e., 1-5 from above, with 1 being the least severe and 5 being the most severe).

What sorts of reasons did you have for thinking about wanting to die or killing yourself? Was it to end the pain or stop the way you were feeling (in other words you couldn't go on living with this pain or how you were feeling) or was it to get attention, revenge or a reaction from others? Or both?