Harris et al reported the Suicidal Affect-Behavior-Cognition Scale (SABCS) to evaluate a patient for suicide risk. The authors are from the University of Queensland, University of Newcastle, Illumina (Singapore), Hunter New England Mental Health (Newcastle) and National University of Singapore.
Some items are similar to those of the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R)
Items:
(1) Have you ever thought about or attempted to kill yourself?
(2) How often have you thought about killing yourself in the past year?
(3) In the past year, have you had an internal debate/argument (in your head) about whether to live or die?
(4) Right now, how much do you wish to live?
(5) Right now, how much do you wish to die?
(6) How likely is it that you will attempt suicide someday?
Item 1: 6 responses
(1) never (0 points)
(2) just a brief passing thought (1 point)
(3) have had a plan at least once to kill myself but did not try to do it (2 points)
(4) have attempted to kill myself but did not want to die (3 points)
(5) have had a plan at least once to kill myself and really wanted to die (4 points)
(6) have attempted to kill myself, and really wanted to die (5 points)
Item 2: 6 responses from never to very often, with points 0 to 5 respectively
Item 3: 6 responses from never to frequently, with points 0 to 5 respectively
Item 4: 6 responses from not at all to very much, with points 5 to 0 respectively (reversed)
Item 5: 7 responses from not at all to very much, with points 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7
Item 6: 6 responses from not at all to very likely, with points 0 to 5 respectively
total score =
= SUM(points for all 6 items)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 32
• The higher the score the greater the risk of suicide.
