Effectiveness of rating scales for suicide risk

[chimp3]

Not without substantial evidence. I have attempted to send people threatening suicide to the State Hospital. One was actually jamming a sharpened paper clip into his wrists. Repeatedly. They go in, get interviewed, and are sent right back to the institutions where I work. I know of 2 that were successful at suicide within a few days after we sent them home. 72 hour holds are still legally defined and confined.

That just tells me that something is being missed, either within the institution/process itself or by clever deception on the part of the patient.

We send detailed clinical notes describing their statements and self abuse. They respond to the shrink or Psychiatric Social worker differently. However, most of the time people are not making plans to kill themselves. Try it and see. If your are in the E.R. mention suicide as an option. We are required to follow a protocol and you will be professionally assessed. (Please do not do this, I am pointing out how the system works.)