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.
Berman
Alan L
AL
American Association of Suicidology, Washington, DC 20008, USA. berman@suicidology.org
Shepherd
Greene
G
Silverman
Morton M
MM
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