The Distillation of "VISCI": Towards a Better Identification of Suicidal Inmates

Autor/inn/en	Frottier, Patrick; Koenig, Franz; Seyringer, Michaela; Matschnig, Teresa; Fruehwald, Stefan
Titel	The Distillation of "VISCI": Towards a Better Identification of Suicidal Inmates
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 39 (2009) 4, S.376-385 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1521/suli.2009.39.4.376
Schlagwörter	Correctional Institutions; Prevention; Suicide; Institutionalized Persons; At Risk Persons; Evaluation Methods; Test Validity; Self Destructive Behavior; Comparative Analysis; Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendstrafvollzug; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Selbstmord; Risikogruppe; Testvalidität; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung
Abstract	The "Viennese Instrument for Suicidality in Correctional Institutions" (VISCI) presented here is based on the results of a large case-control study and on research on literature examining suicide prevention in general and in the prison population in particular. The aim of this study was to validate the properties of the VISCI to differentiate between suicides and nonsuicides. The sensitivity and specificity of the VISCI was tested in the files of 55 correctional suicides, and 110 controls. VISCI differentiated well between suicides and nonsuicides. The routine administration of the VISCI may help to direct the existing professional attention to inmates with the highest need. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10