Author/Editor		Briggs, Stephen; Keeley, H; McAuliffe, C
Title		Researching the inner world of the parasuicide; an evaluation of a pilot study using the suicide fantasy scale
Type		članek
Source		In: Grad-Tekavčič O, editor. Suicide risk and protective factors in the new millennium. Ljubljana: Cankarjev dom,
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 119-23
Language		eng
Abstract		This paper reports the early stages of a project, exploring whether internal psychodynamic factors differentiate young people at risk of suicide. A new instrument, the 'Suicide Fantasy Scale' (SFS), based on current psychoanalytic thinking, is discussed. A pilot study using this scale is reported, demonstrating results, which suggest the SFS has the capacity to distinguish between low and high levels of suicide risk. This pilot is encouraging of the project as a whole, and strongly suggests further studies should be undertaken, which may lead to accurate clinical assessments of suicide risk in young people based on internal factors.
Descriptors		SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR SUICIDE RISK FACTORS PILOT PROJECTS