title: A Review of Psychometrically Tested Instruments Assessing Suicide Risk in Adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Identify suicidal ideation and behavior screening instruments with the strongest psychometric properties, using the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior.
  
  
  METHODS
  Information databases PsycINFO and PubMed were systematically searched, and articles evaluating the psychometric properties of instruments assessing suicidal ideation and behavior ( n = 2,238) were reviewed. International populations and articles with diverse methodologies were integrated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Review of records resulted in the inclusion of 51 articles that assessed 16 instruments. The majority of studies used the English language version (68.6%) and included U.S. populations (65.7%). However, global populations and non-English language versions were also represented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More diverse population representation, and non-English versions of instruments, is required to improve generalizability of assessment measures. Including underrepresented groups and non-English instruments will promote culturally and linguistically sensitive instruments that may better assess suicide risk in diverse populations.
authors.affiliation: 1 Medical University of South Carolina, College of Nursing, Charleston, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kreuze
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Dorian A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lamis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
keywords: and suicide; instrument; psychometrics; screening; suicidal ideation