Cross-Validation of a Predictive Scale for Subsequent Suicidal Behaviour in an Italian Sample
- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 128 (2), 137-140
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.128.2.137
Abstract
A six-point prodictive scale for parasuicide repetition developed by Buglass and Horton (1974a) was tested on a group of patients admitted for parasuicide to a psychiatric ward of one of the city hospitals of Verona. The scale gave a range of probability of repetition within 12 months of 15 per cent at a score of o up to 45-5 per cent at the scores 3, 4, 5 and 6. Moreover the scale discriminated significantly between repeaters and non-repeaters. Items significantly associated with repetition in the Italian sample, which are not represented by the six-point scale were: previous parasuicide not admitted to hospital, violence received, alcohol taken at time of act, less than one year at the present address.Keywords
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