Can Suicide Be Assessed?

Abstract

Suicide is a major public health concern. It is death caused by self-directed injurious behavior with intent to die as a result of the behaviour. Suicide risk assessment is a structured approach and is the process of evaluating an individual's likelihood of dying by suicide. The approach used by healthcare professionals to identify individuals at risk of dying by suicide. There are so many instruments for the detection and assessment of suicide risk likeSuicidal Ideation Attributes Scale , Reasons for Living Inventory , The Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised, Suicidal Affect Behavior Cognition Scale , Modified Scale for Suicide Ideation , Suicide Intent Scale , Scale for Suicide Ideation , Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale , Brief Suicide Safety Assessment for Patients Who Screen , Ask Suicide-Screening Questions ,The Nurses' Global Assessment of Suicide Risk, Sheehan Suicidality Tracking Scale, P4 screener. The BSI and the C-SSRS were the two most frequently mentioned as a standard tool for the clinical evaluation of individuals. Both were frequently used and equally important.