biostudies-literatureGibbons RDNIMH NIH HHS1376-1382https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11986876biostudies-literatureUnknown78(9)<h4>Objective</h4>Current suicide risk screening and measurement are inefficient, have limited measurement precision, and focus entirely on suicide-related items. For this study, a psychometric harmonization between related suicide, depression, and anxiety symptom domains that provides a more balanced and complete spectrum of suicidal symptomatology was developed. The objective of this article is to describe the results of the early stages of computerized adaptive testing development for a suicide scale and pave the way for the final stage of validation.<h4>Methods</h4>Data from psychiatric outpatients at the University of Pittsburgh and a community health clinic were collected from January 2010 through June 2012. 789 participants were enrolled in the calibration phase; 70% were female, anThe Journal of clinical psychiatryDevelopment of a Computerized Adaptive Test Suicide Scale-The CAT-SS.PMC11986876R01 MH066302Frank EBoudreaux EDGibbons RDBeiser DGKupfer DMoore TfalseDevelopment of a Computerized Adaptive Test Suicide Scale-The CAT-SS.<h4>Objective</h4>Current suicide risk screening and measurement are inefficient, have limited measurement precision, and focus entirely on suicide-related items. For this study, a psychometric harmonization between related suicide, depression, and anxiety symptom domains that provides a more balanced and complete spectrum of suicidal symptomatology was developed. The objective of this article is to describe the results of the early stages of computerized adaptive testing development for a suicide scale and pave the way for the final stage of validation.<h4>Methods</h4>Data from psychiatric outpatients at the University of Pittsburgh and a community health clinic were collected from January 2010 through June 2012. 789 participants were enrolled in the calibration phase; 70% were female, an2017-01-01T00:00:00Z2017 Nov/Dec2025-07-13T03:05:11.013Z2025-07-13T03:05:11.013ZS-EPMC119868762849365510.4088/jcp.16m1092210.4088/JCP.16m10922