I am working on a tool to deliver stand-alone online CBT for depressive symptoms. In this tool, we are assessing the user's depressive symptoms using PHQ-9 questionnaire. We have seen that the 9th question in PHQ-9 has a very high false positive rate assessing suicidal ideation. This is because the 9th question assesses both passive death wishes and active suicidal thoughts. So, if a user shows any suicidal ideation on the 9th question in PHQ-9, we are planning to probe the user a little bit more to ascertain that the user actually has active suicidal thoughts before raising an alarm. So, I am searching for a self-administered questionnaire to assess suicidal ideation. Can anyone please suggest such a questionnaire?
All the questionnaires that I have come across - C-SSRS, BSSI, etc. - are supposed to be administered by professionals. Thanks in advance.
If one of your questions does not correlate with the other then delete the question and do Cronbach's alpha before and after the deletion of the question. Then you see if your feeling about the 9th question is correct.
The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) is a 20-item self-report inventory developed by Dr. Aaron T. Beck and measures three aspects of hopelessness: feelings about the future, loss of motivation, and expectations.
Hi Béatrice Marianne Ewalds-Kvist,
Thanks for the answer. I've read that point about the 9th question in several papers, that is why I am reluctant to rely solely on that question.
I will definitely look into Beck Hopelessness Scale.
Thanks again.
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