Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale

Basic information

Name: Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale

Abbreviation: C-SSRS

Versions: 1

Synonyms: 28

Description: The C-SSRS measures four constructs: the severity of ideation, the intensity of ideation, behavior and lethality. It includes “stem questions,” which if endorsed, prompt additional follow-up questions to obtain more information. (, https://deploymentpsych.org/system/files/member_resource/C-SSRS%20Factsheet.pdf)

Reference: Posner K, Brown GK, Stanley B, Brent DA, Yershova KV, Oquendo MA, Currier GW, Melvin GA, Greenhill L, Shen S, Mann JJ. The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale: initial validity and internal consistency findings from three multisite studies with adolescents and adults. The American journal of psychiatry. 2011 Dec. PMID: 22193671. PMCID: PMC3893686 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10111704

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Distribution in different versions

# version trials
1 Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale 128
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2 Mini-Mental State Examination 28
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4 Clinical Dementia Rating Scale 26
5 Clinical Global Impression 24
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8 Montreal Cognitive Assessment 18
9 Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire 15
10 Questionnaire for Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease 15
11 Epworth Sleepiness Scale 12
12 Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale 11
13 EQ-5D 8
14 Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale 7
15 Patient Global Impression 6
16 Non-Motor Symptoms Scale 6
17 Geriatric Depression Scale 5
18 Stroop Test 5
19 Verbal Fluency Test 5
20 Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status 5
21 Columbia Classification Algorithm for Suicide Assessment 5
22 Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia 4
23 Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale 4
24 Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 4
25 Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale 4
26 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale 4
27 Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease 4
28 Problem Behaviours Assessment 4
29 Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale 4
30 Apathy Evaluation Scale 3
31 Hopkins Verbal Learning Test 3
32 Functional Activities Questionnaire 3
33 Visual Analogue Scale 3
34 Symbol Digit Modalities Test 3
35 Beck Depression Inventory 3
36 Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 3
37 Schwab and England Activities on Daily Living Scale 3
38 Hoehn and Yahr Scale 3
39 Young Mania Rating Scale 3
40 Minnesota Impulsive Disorders Interview 3
41 Parkinson's Disease Sleep Scale 3
42 Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale 2
43 Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale 2
44 Instrumental Activities of Daily Living 2
45 Trail Making Test 2
46 Zarit Burden Interview 2
47 Mattis Dementia Rating Scale 2
48 Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale 2
49 Cognitive Assessment Battery 2
50 Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale 2
51 CogState 2
52 Time Up and Go Test 2
53 Participant Global Impression of Change 2
54 Patient Health Questionnaire 2
55 Neurological Examination 2
56 Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale 2
57 Digit Symbol Coding Task 2
58 Letter Fluency Task 2
59 Physician Withdrawal Checklist 2
60 Fatigue Severity Scale 2
61 Quantitative Motor Assessment System 2
62 Lang-Fahn Activities of Daily Living Dyskinesia Scale 2
63 King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Scale 2
64 Infusion Site Evaluation Scale 2
65 Clinician's Interview Based Impression of Change 1
66 Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory 1
67 Severe Impairment Battery 1
68 Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery 1
69 Disability Assessment for Dementia Scale 1
70 Category Fluency Test 1
71 Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale 1
72 Global Deterioration Scale 1
73 Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease Scale 1
74 Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index 1
75 Frontal Assessment Battery 1
76 Neuropsychological Test Battery 1
77 Rey's Auditory Verbal Learning Test 1
78 Berg Balance Scale 1
79 Logical Memory Test 1
80 Boston Naming Test 1
81 Functional Assessment Questionnaire 1
82 Cognitive Drug Research Battery 1
83 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 1
84 Center for Neurologic Study-Lability Scale 1
85 Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test 1
86 Cambridge Cognition Examination 1
87 Abnormal Visual Acuity Test 1
88 Lens Opacities Classification System 1
89 Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument 1
90 Brief Visuospatial Memory Test 1
91 Everyday Cognition Scale 1
92 Cognitive Assessment Scale 1
93 Freezing of Gait Questionnaire 1
94 Starkstein Apathy Scale 1
95 National Institutes of Health Toolbox 1
96 Glasgow Coma Scale 1
97 Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative Composite Cognitive Test 1
98 Clinical Dyskinesia Rating Scale 1
99 Smell Identification Test 1
100 Nerve Function Monitoring 1
101 Neuropathy Total Symptom Score 1
102 Parkinson's Disease Cognitive Rating Scale 1
103 Barratt Impulsiveness Scale 1
104 Cued Recall Test 1
105 Finger Tapping Test 1
106 Cognitive Fluctuation Inventory 1
107 University of Miami Parkinson's Disease Hallucinations Questionnaire 1
108 Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Screening Questionnaire 1
109 Home Administration Questionnaire 1
110 Global Impression of Wandering 1
111 Revised Algase Wandering Scale 1
112 Weekly Wandering Report-Community 1
113 Visual Association Memory Test 1
114 Dementia Apathy Interview Rating 1
115 Stanford Sleepiness Scale 1
116 Parkinson Anxiety Scale 1
117 Autoimmunity Marker Screening Test 1
118 Combined Assessment of Function and Survival 1
119 Quantitative Hand Muscle Testing 1
120 Sniff Nasal Inspiratory Pressure Test 1
121 Independence Scale 1
122 Rhodes Index of Nausea, Vomiting and Retching Scale 1
123 Huntington's Disease Cognitive Assessment Battery 1
124 Huntington Disease Health-Related Quality of Life Measurement System 1
125 Irritability Scale 1
126 Chorea Index 1
127 Parkinson's Disease Symptom Diary 1
128 Core Assessment Program for Surgical Interventional Therapies in Parkinson's Disease 1
129 Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor 1
130 Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview 1
131 15 Words Test 1
132 Amsterdam Linear Disability Score 1
133 Dutch Reading Test 1
134 Patient Reported Outcome Scale 1
135 Rotterdam Symptom Checklist 1
136 iMTA Medical Consumption Questionnaire 1
137 iMTA Productivity Cost Questionnaire 1
138 Stand-Walk-Sit 1
139 Anxiety Short Form 1
140 modified Cognitive Assessment 1
141 Calgary Depression Scale 1
142 Dermatology Quality of Life Index 1
143 Complete Spontaneous Bowel Movement 1
144 Patient Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders Severity Index 1
145 Infusion Site Irritation Scale 1
146 Study Medication Withdrawal Questionnaire 1