Suicide Columbia Scale

The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) is a unique suicide risk assessment tool that supports suicide risk assessment through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask. Download the Columbia Protocol App - It is called Columbia Protocol - not DHS Columbia Protocol. 

The 4 P's of suicide assessment are past attempts, current plans, probability of an attempt, and preventive factors— which can serve as a brief screen for risk stratification of patients identified as having potential thoughts of self-harm.