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Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in young people, so there is a critical need for valid, easy-to-administer, and easy-to-interpret assessments of suicidal risk. The 9-item Concise Health Risk Tracking – Self Report (CHRT-SR9) scale was developed by the CDRC to address this issue. This study used CHRT-SR9 scores from several large samples to identify clinically relevant categories of suicidal risk. Comparing percentile scores from CHRT-SR9 to response categories for Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents item 9 concerning suicide, ranges for four risk categories were identified. Our results demonstrate that CHRT-SR9 scores may be categorized as none (0-14), mild (15-21), moderate (22-26), and severe (27-36) suicidal risk. Placing CHRT-SR9 scores in context through identification of meaningful and clinically actionable categories will allow for increased understanding of suicidal risk and therefore aid suicide prevention efforts.
Nandy, K., Nandy, R. R., Rush, A. J., Mayes, T. L., & Trivedi, M. H. (2024). Evidence-based guidelines for the interpretation of the 9-item Concise Health Risk Tracking – Self-Report (CHRT-SR9) measure of suicidal risk. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 38(9), 784-788. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02698811241268875
