The LSARS-II: Lethality of Suicide Attempt Rating Scale-Updated.
The concept of lethality is essential to the assessment of suicide risk; yet operational definitions of lethality for purposes of its measurement have been loose and varied. A number of scaling measures have been published in the literature, with no relative consensus on the best of these. In addition, only a few of these scales have published data on their psychometric properties. Of these, we argue that the best is the Lethality of Suicide Attempt Rating Scale (LSARS; Smith, Conroy, & Ehler, 1984). Presented here is a significantly revised and redesigned listing of drugs and chemicals and lethal ranges of ingestion (in caps, tabs, or ounces) by body weight to update that scale.
American Association of Suicidology, Washington, DC 20008, USA. berman@suicidology.org
Alan L
AL
Berman
Greene
G
Shepherd
Morton M
MM
Silverman
D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000145:classification; D011041:Poisoning / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations