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SynthesisClinical psychology review2024

Assessment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adults: A systematic review of measure psychometric properties and implications for clinical and research utility.

Olivia H Pollak, Ana E Sheehan, Rachel F L Walsh, Auburn R Stephenson, Holly Zell, Jenna Mayes, Hannah R Lawrence, Alexandra H Bettis, Richard T Liu

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Synthesis in Clinical psychology review, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Olivia H PollakDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: ohpollak@ad.unc.edu.
Ana E SheehanDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
Rachel F L WalshDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Auburn R StephensonDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Holly ZellSchool of Psychological Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
Jenna MayesDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Hannah R LawrenceGoogle (via Magnit).
Alexandra H BettisDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Richard T LiuDepartment of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Funding

Neurocognitive characteristics of short-term risk for suicidal behavior in adolescents R01MH115905 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LIU, RICHARD T · 2018 to 2023
$3.2M
Temporal dynamics of stress, sleep, and arousal in short-term risk for adolescentsuicidal behaviorRF1MH120830 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LIU, RICHARD T · 2019 to 2019
$3.1M
Clarifying proximal mechanisms linking interpersonal stressors to suicidal behavior in youth: A multi-informant real-time monitoring studyR01MH124899 · NIMH · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI GLENN, CATHERINE ROSE, KLEIMAN, EVAN · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
Emotion Regulation Flexibility and Suicide RiskK23MH122737 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BETTIS, ALEXANDRA · 2021 to 2024
$679k
Multimodal Dynamics of Parent-child Interactions and Suicide RiskR21MH130767 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BURKE, TAYLOR A, LIU, RICHARD T · 2022 to 2023
$481k
Examining subtypes of suicidal youth in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development StudyF31MH134599 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI POLLAK, OLIVIA HAVEMEYER · 2024 to 2025
$82k
NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH134599NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH122737NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH115905NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH124899NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH130767NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH120830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-quality clinical care and research on suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) depends on availability and implementation of reliable and valid measures of STBs. In contrast to studies examining STB risk factors, screening instruments, or treatment, little research has rigorously examined the content, characteristics, and psychometric properties of STB measures themselves. This systematic review (1) identified STB measures that conform to empirically supported definitions of STBs, and (2) identified peer-reviewed papers reporting on the psychometric properties of these measures in adults. Data on psychometric properties and other measure characteristics were extracted. A total of 21 eligible measures were identified in the first stage. In the second stage, 70 articles (with 79 independent samples) were included with psychometric data in adult samples for 19 measures. Although there was support for strong internal consistency and content validity across many measures, face validity and clinical utility concerns were prevalent. Few measures comprehensively assessed suicidal behaviors, and interview-based assessments tended to show the strongest psychometric properties and clinical utility. Findings are discussed in the context of recommendations for improving existing measures, including future research to increase utility and translatability across clinical settings, delivery methods, and diverse populations.

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PsychometricsSuicidal IdeationAdultHumansReproducibility of ResultsSuicide, AttemptedAssessmentMeasurementPsychometricsSuicidal ideationSuicideSuicide attempt

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PMID39106741
PMCPMC11346605

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