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Effectiveness of rating scales for suicide risk
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RE: Effectiveness of rating scales for suicide risk
(April 9, 2017 at 12:18 pm)Faith No More Wrote: No surprise there.  I don't know how these scales work, but predicting suicide is basically trying to read people's minds.  That's obviously problematic.

Yes, and that's confounded by impulsivity and the fact that it's based in large part on self-reporting.
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RE: Effectiveness of rating scales for suicide risk - by Jackalope - April 9, 2017 at 2:35 pm

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