The LSARS‐II: Lethality of Suicide Attempt Rating Scale–Updated
- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Vol. 33 (3), 261-276
- https://doi.org/10.1521/suli.33.3.261.23211
Abstract
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.Keywords
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