The contribution of the R-PAS in the assessment of Adolescents with Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors

Introduction

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In this paper, we aimed to establish the suicide risk of those who seek psychiatric treatment as far as possible. Given that the presence of ideation is often denied by actual suicidal individuals – due to shame, stigma, and fear of being a burden to others – the Rorschach test may contribute to the assessment of risk/protective factors in personality functioning.

Methods

We administered the Multi-Attitude Suicide Tendency scale (MAST), Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), Rorschach-Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) to 136 adolescents (outpatient or inpatient) admitted to the Child Neuropsychiatry department of Lecco and Pavia (Italy). We identified 95 patients with suicidal concern (SC) and 41 with no suicidal concern (N.SC).

Results (in brief): There were significant differences in means of the SC-Comp among N.SC and SC groups; among the sub-components that make up this index, the most significantly related to suicidal concern were the variables VFD, CBlend, MOR, LSO-Cmplx, and Ego Index. The SC-Comp was, however, not able to distinguish adolescents with suicidal ideation from those with actual suicidal attempts, and this result is in line with the literature.