PMID- 21616758 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111212 LR - 20221207 IS - 2151-2396 (Electronic) IS - 0227-5910 (Print) IS - 0227-5910 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 2 DP - 2011 TI - Suicidal behavior on Axis VI: clinical data supporting a sixth Axis for DSM-V. PG - 110-3 LID - 10.1027/0227-5910/a000057 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Oquendo and colleagues (Oquendo, Baca-Garcia, Mann, & Giner, 2008; Oquendo & Currier, 2009) recommend that DSM-V emphasize suicide risk assessment on a sixth axis, thereby increasing regularity of suicide risk assessments. AIMS: We propose that evidence of nonredundancy with Axis V - Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) is one piece of data that can serve as a starting point for a line of research establishing incremental predictive utility for a separate suicide risk assessment in the DSM framework. METHODS: A standardized suicide risk assessment protocol, measures of depressive, anxious, and eating disordered symptomatology, as well as an index of comorbidity were administered to a sample of 412 adult outpatients. RESULTS: Our data indicate that data from standardized suicide risk assessments are associated with indices of symptomatology severity as well as comorbidity, controlling for GAF. CONCLUSIONS: These results support the nonredundancy of the assessments and suggest the utility of longitudinal investigations of the predictive utility of a sixth DSM axis in the assessment of suicide risk. FAU - Van Orden, Kimberly A AU - Van Orden KA AD - University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. kimberly_vanorden@urmc.rochester.edu FAU - Witte, Tracy K AU - Witte TK FAU - Holm-Denoma, Jill AU - Holm-Denoma J FAU - Gordon, Kathryn H AU - Gordon KH FAU - Joiner, Thomas E Jr AU - Joiner TE Jr LA - eng GR - T32 MH020061/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 MH020061-09/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - 5 T32 MH020061-09)/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PL - Canada TA - Crisis JT - Crisis JID - 8218602 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Comorbidity MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - *Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders MH - Female MH - Florida MH - Humans MH - Interview, Psychological MH - Male MH - Mass Screening MH - Mental Disorders/diagnosis/psychology MH - Middle Aged MH - Personality Inventory/statistics & numerical data MH - Psychometrics MH - Risk Assessment MH - Self-Injurious Behavior/diagnosis/epidemiology/prevention & control/*psychology MH - Suicide/*psychology/statistics & numerical data MH - Suicide, Attempted/*prevention & control/*psychology/statistics & numerical data MH - Young Adult MH - *Suicide Prevention PMC - PMC3136863 MID - NIHMS301679 EDAT- 2011/05/28 06:00 MHDA- 2011/12/14 06:00 PMCR- 2012/01/01 CRDT- 2011/05/28 06:00 PHST- 2011/05/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/05/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - P41372714150G723 [pii] AID - 10.1027/0227-5910/a000057 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Crisis. 2011;32(2):110-3. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000057.