Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) Beck Hopelessness Scale® measures negative attitudes about the future. Responding to the 20 true or false items on the (BHS®), patients can either endorse a pessimistic statement or deny an optimistic statement. Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS). Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS; Beck & Steer, 1988) is another brief, self-report measure that has been shown to predict suicide in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric clients and is one of the most widely used scales for hopelessness (Brown, 2002).
Basic description
- Published in 1974
- Can be used as a predictor of eventual suicide
Beck AT
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
- Depression
- Suicidal Ideation
- PRO
- English for the USA
Beck Hopelessness Scale Questionnaire Online
Beck A.T. (1988). 'Beck Hopelessness Scale.' The Psychological Corporation
Beck AT & Steer RA (1993). Manual for the Beck Hopelessness Scale. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation
Beck AT, Weissman A, Lester D, Trexler L. The measurement of pessimism: the hopelessness scale. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1974 Dec;42(6):861-5 (Abstract)
Beck AT, Steer RA, Kovacs M, Garrison B. Hopelessness and eventual suicide: a 10-year prospective study of patients hospitalized with suicidal ideation. Am J Psychiatry. 1985 May;142(5):559-63 (Pubmed abstract)
Beck AT, Steer RA, Brown G. Dysfunctional attitudes and suicidal ideation in psychiatric outpatients. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1993 Spring;23(1):11-20 (Pubmed abstract)
Beck AT, Steer RA, Beck JS, Newman CF. Hopelessness, depression, suicidal ideation, and clinical diagnosis of depression. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1993 Summer;23(2):139-45 (Pubmed abstract)
Beck AT, Brown GK, Steer RA, Dahlsgaard KK, Grisham JR. Suicide ideation at its worst point: a predictor of eventual suicide in psychiatric outpatients. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1999 Spring;29(1):1-9 (Pubmed abstract)
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