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Deliberate self harm ‐ correlates of suicidal intent and severity of depression
Author(s) -
O'Brien G.,
Holton A. R.,
Hurren K.,
Watt L.,
Hassanyeh F.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02820.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , rating scale , psychiatry , psychology , correlation , clinical psychology , major depressive disorder , hamilton rating scale for depression , harm , suicide attempt , poison control , suicide prevention , medicine , medical emergency , developmental psychology , cognition , social psychology , geometry , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics
— In a study of 98 cases of deliberate self harm, a high correlation was obtained between a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (M.D.D.) and scores on both the Hamilton Rating Scale for depression (HRS) and the Suicide Intent Scale (SIS). There was also a high correlation between HRS and SIS scores. A higher score on HRS and SIS correlated with increasing age, as also did a diagnosis of M.D.D.