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Published in: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research

Pilot study: feasibility of using the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ) during acute suicidal crisis

Authors: Isabel Boege, Nicole Corpus, Renate Schepker, Joerg M Fegert

Published in: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

Assessing youths in acute suicidal crisis is a common jet pivotal task in child and adolescent psychiatry, usually relying primarily on the clinicians skills of assessment. The objective of this pilot-study was to evaluate feasibility and usefulness of questionnaires during assessment of youths in acute suicidal crisis.

Method

31 adolescents, presenting for suicide assessment, and their caregivers, were asked upon emergency presentation to fill in the Suicidal-Ideation-Questionnaire (SIQ) and the Youth Life Status Questionnaire (Y-LSQ) before receiving an assessment by a clinician. The SIQ has 30 items, 8 of which are defined as critical items able to predict suicidality with the highest probability. The Y-LSQ (30 items) measures the overall level of psychological distress. It has one suicidal item, which was used in this study for validation of the SIQ result. Clinical judgment and test results were collected and analyzed by an independent researcher.

Results

It was feasible to ask adolescents in acute suicidal crisis to fill in a questionnaire. Clinical assessment of suicidality did not correlate significantly with the overall SIQ-score (p = 0.089), however there was a significant correlation between the SIQ 8 critical item result and clinical judgement of suicidality (p = 0.050).

Conclusion

The 8 critical SIQ items can be used to support clinical judgment of suicidality in acute crisis.
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Metadata
Title
Pilot study: feasibility of using the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ) during acute suicidal crisis
Authors
Isabel Boege
Nicole Corpus
Renate Schepker
Joerg M Fegert
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1753-2000
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-2000-8-28

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