Psychologists develop two potent new predictors of suicide risk

Two powerful new tests developed by psychologists show great promise in predicting patients' risk of attempting suicide. The work may help clinicians overcome their reliance on self-reporting by at-risk individuals, information that often proves misleading when suicidal patients wish to hide their intentions.The work may help clinicians overcome their reliance on self-reporting by at-risk individualsinformation that often proves misleading when suicidal patients wish to hide their intentionsBoth new tests are easily administered within minutes on a computergiving quick insight into how patients are thinking about suicideas well as their propensity to attempt suicide in the near future.

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