Year: 1984 Source: Annual Meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, (17th: 1984: Anchorage, Alaska), p.51 SIEC No: 19850343

The Lethality of Suicide Attempt Scale was tested using 30 subjects from 4 mental health & crisis centres, & demonstrated high reliability & validity. The author claims the value of the scale in rating suicide attempts lies in its developing a common language in the literature. (note: this is a summary of a presentation to the 17th Annual Meeting of the AAS, May 2-5, 1984.)(NBB)