Signs and Scales
These resources focuse on suicide warning signs and the development of assessment tools used to evaluate suicide risk. These studies examine the reliability, validity, and clinical utility of measures designed to support identification and assessment.
Publications on Warning Signs
1. A Test of the Effectiveness of a List of Suicide Warning Signs for the Public (Kimberly A. Van Orden, Thomas E. Joiner, Jr., Daniel Hollar, M. David Rudd, Michael Mandrusiak, and Morton M. Silverman; Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior)
2. The Emotional Impact and Ease of Recall of Warning Signs for Suicide: A Controlled Study (M. David Rudd, Michael Mandrusiak, Thomas E. Joiner, Jr., Alan L. Berman, Kimberly A. Van Orden, and Daniel Hollar; Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior)
3. Warning Signs for Suicide on the Internet: A Descriptive Study (Michael Mandrusiak, M. David Rudd, Thomas E. Joiner, Jr., Alan L. Berman, Kimberly A. Van Orden, and Tracy Witte; Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior)
Publications on Assessments
1. Agreement Between Self- and Clinician-Rated Suicidal Symptoms in a Clinical Sample of Young Adults: Explaining Discrepancies (Thomas E. Joiner, Jr., M. David Rudd, and M. Hasan Rajab; Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)
2. An Examination of Measurement Invariance of the Brief Suicide Cognitions Scale (Austin G. Starkey, Raymond P. Tucker, and Ryan M. Hill; Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior)
3. Clinical Utility of the Brief Suicide Cognitions Scale with High-Risk Inpatient, Outpatient, and Emergency Department Clinical Samples (M. David Rudd, Gretchen J. Diefenbach, David F. Tolin, Andrea Pérez-Muñoz, Taylor Flowers, Burak Tuna, Vivian L. Gleason, Jacob Tempchin, and Craig J. Bryan; Journal of Psychiatric Research)
4. Psychometric Properties of the Persian Brief Suicide Cognitions Scale (B-SCS): A Validation Study Among Individuals with Suicidal Thoughts (Farya Azimi, Omid Saed, Amirhossein Rasouli, Mahdi Aghaalikhani, Seyed Abolfazl Ghoreishi, Zahra Amini, and Gita Sadighi; BMC Psychiatry)
5. The Brief Suicide Cognitions Scale: Development and Clinical Application (M. David Rudd and Craig J. Bryan; Frontiers in Psychiatry)
6. Use of the Brief Suicide Cognitions Scale as a Screening Tool to Identify Latent Risk in a Gambling Clinic Sample (M. David Rudd, Oliver Kratholm, James P. Whelan, Meredith K. Ginley, Andrea Pérez-Muñoz, Vivian L. Gleason, Burak Tuna, and Jacob Tempchin; Frontiers in Psychiatry)