- An interviewer-administered scale which measures a patient’s suicidal ideation at its worst point in the past 2 weeks
- Was used at the study’s screening to determine level of suicidal ideation criterion for inclusion in the study and as a baseline assessment


Saint Louis University

- Scale for Suicide Ideation-Current
- Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Count 
- Structured Clinical Interview for DSM–IV Axis II Border-line Personality Disorder
- University of Washington Risk Assessment Protocol


Measures Utilized 

Fruhbauerova, M., DeCou, C. R., Crow, B. E., & Comtois, K. A. (2021). Borderline personality disorder and self-directed violence in a sample of suicidal army soldiers. Psychological Services, 18(1), 104–115. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000369

Borderline Personality Disorder and Self-Directed Violence in a Sample of Suicidal Army Soldiers 

Scale for Suicide Ideation-Current

- A brief interview covering past self-inflicted injuries and categorizes them into suicide attempts and nonsuicidal self-injury. 
- Creates counts of self-inflicted injuries by method, medical risk severity, and lethality. 
- Has a Lifetime form and a Recent form which covers a specific assessment period 
- At the baseline of this study, the Lifetime and Recent version (for past year) were conducted 


Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Count 

- Used to identify patients with BPD given the suicide risk associated with this disorder
- The presence-absence of BPD diagnosis, and the number of symptoms were derived from the SCID and included in this study


Structured Clinical Interview for DSM–IV Axis II Border-line Personality Disorder

- Utilized to determine the participant’s stress level and suicidal intent before and after the research interview and suicide risk
- Guides the assessor to appropriate responses for different levels of suicide risk

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