The C-SSRS is a widely used screening tool designed to assess suicide risk through clear, straightforward questions. The assessment is intended to establish a person’s immediate risk of suicide. For more information on the C-SSRS, visit Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale.
Completing the C-SSRS in the Talkspace Platform
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Important note for Prescribers! The in-platform C-SSRS feature is currently only avaialble to therapists. If you are a Prescriber, please copy/paste the C-SSRS script or download the assessment using the options below. |
Once you've navigated to the Risk & Safety section of the Clinical tab, to use this tool in the Talkspace App:
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Click on the three dots next to the tool.
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Select Create and fill out to complete the assessment on behalf of a client, or Send to client to have them complete it.
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If you are filling out the assessment on behalf of a client, answer each question by selecting "Yes" or "No" from the dropdown menu.
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Be sure to click Save to store the completed assessment.
If you are sending to your client to fill out, once you click Send to client, they will receive a system message prompting them to complete the assessment.
Previously saved assessments, along with their completion dates, can be accessed anytime in the Risk and Safety section.
More about the Columbia C-SSRS Assessment
Downloadable versions of the assessment are available below:
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For a script to post in the room, you can copy & paste the text below. To create a reusable script, copy the text below and follow the instructions in the Help Center article How do I create a script to send to my clients?
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Over the past month … 1) Have you wished you were dead or wished you could go to sleep and not wake up? 2) Have you actually had any thoughts of killing yourself? If yes, please answer questions 3, 4, and 5. If no, please skip to question 6 3) Have you been thinking about how you might do this? E.g. “I thought about taking an overdose but I never made a specific plan as to when where or how I would actually do it….and I would never go through with it.” 4) Have you had these thoughts and had some intention of acting on them? As opposed to “I have the thoughts but I definitely will not do anything about them.” 5) Have you started to work out or worked out the details of how to kill yourself? Did you intend to carry out this plan? 6) Have you ever done anything, started to do anything or prepared to do anything to end your life? Examples: Collected pills, obtained a gun, gave away valuables, wrote a will or suicide note, took out pills but didn’t swallow any, held a gun but changed your mind or it was grabbed from your hand, went to the roof but didn’t jump; or actually took pills, tried to shoot yourself, cut yourself, tried to hang yourself, etc. If YES: Was this within the past three months? |