Leah Quinlivan, Jayne Cooper, Declan Meehan, Damien Longson, John Potokar, Tom Hulme, Jennifer Marsden, Fiona Brand, Kezia Lange, Elena Riseborough, Lisa Page, Chris Metcalfe, Linda Davies, Rory O'Connor, Keith Hawton, David Gunnell, Nav Kapur
Background Scales are widely used in psychiatric assessments following self-harm. Robust evidence for their diagnostic use is lacking. Aims To evaluate the performance of risk scales (Manchester Self-Harm Rule, ReACT Self-Harm Rule, SAD PERSONS scale, Modified SAD PERSONS scale, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale); and patient and clinician estimates of risk in identifying patients who repeat self-harm within 6 months. Method A multisite prospective cohort study was conducted of adults aged 18 years and over referred to liaison psychiatry services following self-harm...
June 2017: British Journal of Psychiatry