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Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS): The following components were added to the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS): helplessness, feeling trapped, and engaged with phone worker.

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- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (2014). Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Risk Assessment (Lifeline crisis center version). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), p. 1-5.

How do Healthcare Professionals Interview Patients to Assess Suicide Risk?

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Data analysis: Qualitative conversation analysis and Quantitative analyses

- McCabe, R., Stemo, I., Priebe, S., Barnes, R., & Byng, R. How do Healthcare Professionals Interview Patients to Assess Suicide Risk? BMC Psychiatry. 2017. 17:122.

Update
Suicide Risk Assessment Fears,
Attitudes and Behaviours
of Lifeline Crisis Supporters

- Hawgood, J., Spafford, S. G., Evans, A., Webster, A., & Koo, Y. W. (2022). Suicide risk assessment fears, attitudes and behaviours of lifeline crisis supporters. Health & social care in the community, 30(6), e5083–e5094.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Horon, R., Williams, S. N., McManus, T., & Roberts, J. (2018). The Culture and Protective Suicide Scale for Incarcerated Persons (CAPSSIP): A measure for evaluating suicide risk and protection within correctional populations. Psychological Services, 15(1), 45–55.

Miller, D. N. (2014). Levels of responsibility in school-based suicide prevention: Legal requirements, ethical duties, and best practices. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 9(3), 15–18.

Mishara, B. L. (2008). Reconciling clinical experience with evidence-based knowledge in suicide prevention policy and practice [Editorial]. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 29(1), 1–3.

Picard, E. H., & Rosenfeld, B. (2021). How clinicians incorporate suicide risk factors into suicide risk assessment. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 42(2), 100–106.

Stanley, I. H. (2021). Advancements in the understanding of PTSD and suicide risk: Introduction to a special section. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13(7), 723–724.

Yip, P. S. F. (2011). Towards evidence-based suicide prevention programs [Editorial]. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 32(3), 117–120.

QUESTION 1
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