TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Use of the risk-rescue rating scale with adolescent suicide attempters: a cautionary note
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Spirito, Anthony
A1  - Brown, Larry
A1  - Overholser, James
A1  - Fritz, Gregory
A1  - Bond, Andrea
SP  - 269
EP  - 280
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
N2  - The assessment of the medical lethality and intent of suicide attempts has been considered an important area of research for those interested in suicide. The current study examined the usefulness of the Risk-Rescue Rating Scale with 109 adolescent suicide attempters and found a restricted range of variability, which, in turn, resulted in poor interrater reliability on a number of items. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that the Risk-Rescue Rating Scale is of limited usefulness with adolescents, and alternative approaches to assessing lethality and suicidal intent with this age group are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481189108252430
ID  - ref1
ER  -