Beck A T, Brown G, Berchick R J, Stewart B L, Steer R A
Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104.
Am J Psychiatry. 1990 Feb;147(2):190-5. doi: 10.1176/ajp.147.2.190.
A prospective study of 1,958 outpatients found that hopelessness, as measured by the Beck Hopelessness Scale, was significantly related to eventual suicide. A scale cutoff score of 9 or above identified 16 (94.2%) of the 17 patients who eventually committed suicide, thus replicating a previous study with hospitalized patients. The high-risk group identified by this cutoff score was 11 times more likely to commit suicide than the rest of the outpatients. The Beck Hopelessness Scale thus may be used as a sensitive indicator of suicide potential.
一项针对1958名门诊患者的前瞻性研究发现，用贝克绝望量表测量的绝望感与最终的自杀行为显著相关。量表截止分数为9分及以上的患者中，17名最终自杀的患者有16名（94.2%）被识别出来，从而重复了之前一项针对住院患者的研究。通过这个截止分数识别出的高风险组自杀可能性是其他门诊患者的11倍。因此，贝克绝望量表可作为自杀可能性的一个敏感指标。
