2022
Development and validation of a new scale to measure chronic suicidal ideation: The Chronic Suicidal Ideation Inventory-5 (CSI-5)
Garakani A, Buono FD, Larkin K, Polonsky M, Goldberg JF. Development and validation of a new scale to measure chronic suicidal ideation: The Chronic Suicidal Ideation Inventory-5 (CSI-5). Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2022, 150: 160-164. PMID: 35385817, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.03.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic suicidal ideationSuicidal ideationSuicidal thoughtsMood disordersNovel self-report instrumentCronbach's alphaDepression severity scoresYale-Brown ObsessiveIndex hospitalizationInpatient cohortMcDonald's omegaPast suicide attemptsSeverity scoreActivity interferenceSuicide attemptsSuicidal thinkingCompulsive ScaleSelf-report instrumentOne-factor solutionIdeationSignificant Pearson correlationScoresCohortInternal consistencyAlpha
2021
Commentary on 2 Cases of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Occurring in Association With COVID-19
Garakani A. Commentary on 2 Cases of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Occurring in Association With COVID-19. Journal Of Psychiatric Practice 2021, 27: 145-146. PMID: 33656822, DOI: 10.1097/pra.0000000000000527.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsPositive COVID-19 testCOVID-19 infectionNeuropsychiatric symptomsPsychotic symptomsSuicide attemptsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infectionCOVID-19Recent respiratory illnessDisease 2019 infectionAcute psychotic symptomsHistory of depressionInpatient psychiatric unitMiddle-age menSerious suicide attemptsCOVID-19 testPatient's symptomsNeuropsychiatric sequelaeRespiratory illnessAntipsychotic medicationPatient's psychosisPsychotic episodeMood symptomsNeurological etiologyPsychiatric historyPsychiatric unit