Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation® (BSS®) is an evaluation of suicidal thinking that helps identify individuals at risk. It also helps measure a broad spectrum of attitudes and behaviors. Guidance on using this test in your telepractice.
Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation
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Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation

BSS

Aaron T. Beck, MD
Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation® (BSS®) is an evaluation of suicidal thinking that helps identify individuals at risk. It also helps measure a broad spectrum of attitudes and behaviors. Guidance on using this test in your telepractice.
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Age range:
17 years and older
Publication date:
1991
Qualification level:
B
Completion time:
5 to 10 minutes
Scoring options:
Manual Scoring or Q-global® Scoring & Reporting
Other languages:
Traditional-Chinese

The BSS measures attitudes and behaviors that clinicians routinely consider when assessing a patient’s suicide risk.

Benefits

  • Reveals specific suicidal characteristics that require greater clinical scrutiny.
  • Can be administered with the BDI®-II and the BHS® for a more complete evaluation.
  • Five screening items reduce the length and the intrusiveness of the questionnaire for patients who are nonsuicidal.
  • Full scale consists of 21 test items.

Sample Reports

Concise Interpretive reports provide useful information such as the client's demographics, a graphical presentation of the client's raw score, a brief interpretation of the client's test score and a list of items endorsements. Progress reports help monitor a client's progress over time. 

Telepractice

Find out how to use this test in your telepractice.

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