Beck's Suicide Intent Scale: Forensic Assessment Instrument
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The solution provides information, assistance and advise in tackling the task (see above) by providing information and background on a measure known as Beck's Suicide Intent Scale (BSIS). Resources are listed for further exploration of BSIS.
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Suicide Assessment Instrument: Beck's Suicide Intent Scale
Beck's Suicide Intent Scale or BSIS is one of the more popularly used assessment in forensic psychology practice, especially in the case of the assessment of prisoners as well as victims and witnesses to a case to evaluate their psychological state, especially in relation to depression, emotional state and probability, due to this, of self-harm or suicide. Beck's Suicide Intent Scale was developed from the Beck Depression Inventory authored by Dr. Aaron Beck which was a 21-item multiple-choice self-report inventory which measured the severity of depressions. The BSIS is an adaptation that was utilized to immediately be deployable as a self-report to individuals who have just committed ...
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