Hopelessness: an indicator of suicidal risk.
In a sample of 87 hospitalized suicide attempters, a hopelessness scale was found to be significantly better than a depression inventory as an indicator of suicidal risk. Hopelessness also correlated better than depression with self-ratings of the attenuation of the desire to go on living.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012306:Risk; D012650:Self Disclosure; D013406:Suicide, Attempted