Citation

Beck AT, Brown G, Steer RA. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 1989; 57(2): 309-310.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American Psychological Association)

DOI

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PMID

2708621

Abstract

A 9-point clinical rating scale was used to assess the severity of hopelessness in 141 patients hospitalized with suicidal ideation. The patients were followed from 5 to 10 years, and 10 (7.1%) eventually committed suicide. The mean hopelessness rating for the patients committing suicide was significantly higher than that for the patients not committing suicide. A cutoff score of 6 or above successfully predicted 9 (90.0%) of those committing suicide. The results supported previous findings in which self-reported hopelessness on the Beck Hopelessness Scale was reported to predict suicide in both psychiatric outpatients and inpatients.

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