TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1982//
TI  - Reliability and rationality in the prediction of suicide
JO  - Hospital and community psychiatry
A1  - Kaplan, R. D.
A1  - Kottler, D. B.
A1  - Frances, A. J.
SP  - 212
EP  - 215
VL  - 33
IS  - 3
N2  - The reliability and validity of psychiatrists' predictions of a patient's potential for suicide are increasingly being questioned, both by mental health professionals and by the courts. The authors describe a study conducted in 1978 to measure the reliability with which a team of mental health professionals assessed suicidal risk in a group of 16 patients seen in videotaped interviews. They found that the highest reliability was on an item that assessed the seriousness of the patient's past suicide attempts; the lowest reliability came in assessing the patient's risk of death from accidents, homicide, or neglect of self. Over-all, the authors say, the clinicians made their judgments based on rational and consistent evaluation of the data.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1597
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -