[The Risk-Rescue Scale and evaluation of suicidal persons]

The R-S scale evaluates the lethality of suicidal acting-out behavior. We applied it, in the first phase, to 97 patients. The differences between our results and those of Weisman and Worden bring us to frame two hypotheses: either the differences are due to the specific nature of each population, or the differences are due to the observers. In the second phase, we apply the R-S scale to 170 patients. Across the three groups studied (Weisman and Worden's, our first phase, our second phase), we note that in the first phase there are differences linked to the observers, but that the specific nature of the respective populations also contribute to the differences. This is all the more obvious when we consider the number of suicide attempt repeaters within each group.