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Name:: Problem Behaviours Assessment - Short Form (PBA-S) - suicidal ideation severity score
Steward:: NINDS
Definition:: The severity score for suicidal ideation over past four weeks as part of the Problem Behaviours Assessment - Short Form (PBA-S).
Registration Status:: Qualified

Value	Code Name	Code Description
0	Absent	Absent
1	Questionable. also rate 1 if subject plans suicide at a later date when disease is more severe but obtains comfort from this as means to retain control of destiny	Questionable. also rate 1 if subject plans suicide at a later date when disease is more severe but obtains comfort from this as means to retain control of destiny
2	Sometimes very pessimistic with fleeting suicidal ideation	Sometimes very pessimistic with fleeting suicidal ideation
3	Subject has pervasive and distressing feelings of hopelessness and more prolonged or frequent suicidal ideation, but has not yet acted on this in any way	Subject has pervasive and distressing feelings of hopelessness and more prolonged or frequent suicidal ideation, but has not yet acted on this in any way
4	Subject has attempted suicide or has made preparations such as saving up tablets or planning ways to avoid discovery when doing it	Subject has attempted suicide or has made preparations such as saving up tablets or planning ways to avoid discovery when doing it
8	Unable to assess because condition too advanced (e.g. mute and immobile)	Unable to assess because condition too advanced (e.g. mute and immobile)

Designation:: Problem Behaviours Assessment - Short Form (PBA-S) - suicidal ideation severity score
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Definition:: The severity score for suicidal ideation over past four weeks as part of the Problem Behaviours Assessment - Short Form (PBA-S).
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Document:: COPYRIGHT University of Ulm, Faculty of Medicine, EHDN Behavioural Phenotype Working Group (Version 1.4, February 2007). For enquiries, contact permissions@euro-hd.net A paper describing the reliability of the PBA-s (in English, Dutch and French) based on data from the TRACK-HD study is in preparation and will be submitted shortly. Craufurd D, Thompson J, Snowden JS. Behavioural changes in Huntington's disease: the Problem Behaviours Assessment. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioural Neurology 2001; 14 (4): 219-226.