The Suicide Status Form-4 (SSF-IV) as a potentially therapeutic suicide risk assessment tool
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-18-2024
Publication Title
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Abstract
Background: Empirically supported suicide risk assessment and conceptualization is a central aim of the Zero Suicide model. The Suicide Status Form (SSF) is the essential document and scaffolding of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality—Brief Intervention (CAMS-BI) and is hypothesized as an example of a psychological assessment as therapeutic intervention (PATI). However, this hypothesis has never been directly tested. Methods: N = 57 patients deemed at risk for outpatient suicidal behavior and treated as part of an inpatient psychiatric consultation and liaison service were recruited to participate in CAMS-BI at a Level 1 trauma center in the southeastern United States. During the CAMS-BI process, patients were asked to rate their subjective units of distress (SUDS) at five time points throughout the intervention (k = 285). Results: The omnibus random intercept multilevel model revealed a significant difference in pre- to post-session ratings of SUDS across patients. Post hoc pairwise comparisons revealed no significant differences between SSF sections (e.g., Section A, Section B, and Section C) and relative reductions in SUDS; however, there was an observable trend toward a favorable effect of Section A of the SSF. Conclusions: The SSF may represent an example of PATI pending replication and extension of the current results.
PubMed ID
39291637
Recommended Citation
Oakey-Frost, Nicolas; Moscardini, Emma H.; Cowan, Tovah; Gerner, Jessica L.; Crapanzano, Kathleen A.; Jobes, David A.; and Tucker, Raymond P., "The Suicide Status Form-4 (SSF-IV) as a potentially therapeutic suicide risk assessment tool" (2024). School of Medicine Faculty Publications. 2960.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/som_facpubs/2960
10.1111/sltb.13128