Proceedings
Lethality Scale of Suicide Attempts: Interrater Reliability and Psychometric Properties
Smith D D
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)