Suicide lethality scale: Concerns regarding validity and scoring
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Scale for assessment of lethality of suicide attempt
BACKGROUND Lethality of suicidal attempt provides useful information regarding the behavior. There is a perceived need for a clinically useful scale that can be easily adapted to various methods and circumstances of attempt. AIMS The study intended to develop and test utility of a scale for measuring lethality that can reflect overall clinical observation taking into account various indicator...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0019-5545
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.171839