title: A test of the validity of the IS PATH WARM warning signs for suicide.
abstract: The 10 warning signs for suicide, encapsulated in the mnemonic IS PATH WARM, did not differentiate between genuine suicide notes and those written by people simulating a suicidal crisis or between notes written by completed suicides and those written by attempted suicides.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA. lesterd@stockton.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McSwain
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Gunn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003463:Cues; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D014956:Writing; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention