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
2009
A Clinical Study of Competency to Consent to Hospitalization and Treatment in Geriatric Inpatients*
Billick SB, Perez DR, Garakani A. A Clinical Study of Competency to Consent to Hospitalization and Treatment in Geriatric Inpatients*. Journal Of Forensic Sciences 2009, 54: 943-946. PMID: 19486444, DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01047.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMini-Mental State ExamBlessed Dementia ScaleGeriatric medicine unitMedical-surgical patientsMental State ExamSurgical patientsGeriatric patientsGeriatric inpatientsMedicine unitDementia ScaleClinical studiesClinical examUseful adjunctPatientsAge groupsFindings of competenceState ExamHospitalizationScoresWAIS-R subtestsTreatmentCompetency questionnaireExamInpatientsGreat variability