DSI-SS
Depressive Symptom Inventory – Suicidality Subscale (DSI-SS)
The DSI-SS is a brief self-administered subscale designed to detect and quantify the severity of suicidal thoughts in individuals with depressive symptoms. It allows for a rapid assessment of suicide risk in clinical or research settings.
- Number of questions
- 4 questions
- Estimated duration
- 2 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Depressive Symptom Inventory – Suicidality Subscale
- Target audience
- Adults
- Authors
- Jesse B. Joiner, M. David Rudd (1999)
- Category
- Depression
Scoring & interpretation
Each item is scored from 0 to 3. Total scores range from 0 to 12, with higher scores indicating greater severity of suicidal ideation. A cutoff score of 2 or higher suggests clinically significant risk requiring further assessment.
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