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Does Suicidal Ideation as Measured by the PHQ-9 Predict Suicide Among VA Patients?
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OBJECTIVE: Frequency of suicidal ideation in the past two weeks, assessed by item 9 of the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), has been positively associated with suicide mortality among patients in a setting other than the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). To inform suicide prevention activities at the VHA, it is important to evaluate whether item 9 is associated with suicide risk among patients in the VHA system. METHODS: PHQ-9 assessments (N=447,245) conducted by the VHA between October 1, 2009, and September 30, 2010, were collected. National Death Index data were used to ascertain suicide mortality from the date of PHQ-9 assessment through September 30, 2011. Multivariable proportional hazards regressions were used to evaluate associations between responses to item 9 and suicide mortality. RESULTS: After the analyses adjusted for covariates, a response of "several days" for item 9 was associated with a 75% increased risk of suicide (hazard ratio [HR]=1.75, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.24-2.46), a response of "more than half the days" was associated with a 115% increased risk of suicide (HR=2.15, CI=1.32-3.51), and a response of "nearly every day" was associated with a 185% increased risk of suicide (HR=2.85, CI=1.81-4.47), compared with a response of "not at all." However, 71.6% of suicides during the study period occurred among patients who responded "not at all" to item 9 from their most recent PHQ-9. CONCLUSIONS: Higher levels of suicidal ideation, indicated by item 9 of the PHQ-9, were associated with increased risk of suicide among patients in the VHA system.
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“The presence or absence of suicidal ideation was determined using Item 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9).1314 Evidence endorsing its use as a general screening tool for identifying suicidal ideators continues to accumulate.13”
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“The PHQ‐9 is valid and reliable measure of depressed mood and is often used in case identification (Louzon et al., 2016).”
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Stability of Suicide Risk Prediction Models During Changes in Health Care Delivery
Simon, G. E., Cruz, M., Shortreed, S. M., Sterling, S., Coleman, K. J., Ahmedani, B. K., Yaseen, Z. S., & Mosholder, A. D. (2023) · Psychiatric Services · doi:10.1176/appi.ps.20230172 · Cited by 8
Williamson, A. K., Riendeau, R. P., Stolzmann, K. L., Silverman, A., Kim, B., Miller, C. J., Connolly, S. L., Pitcock, J. A., & Bauer, M. S. (2019) · Military Medicine · doi:10.1093/milmed/usz111 · Cited by 8
Shelef, L., Rabbany, J. M., Gutierrez, P. M., Kedem, R., Yehuda, A. B., Mann, J. J., & Yacobi, A. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph18020649 · Cited by 9
“Thus, suicidal ideation plays a key role in initiating the suicidal sequence [4,11,12].”
BackgroundGoodsmith, N., Zhang, L., Ong, M. K., Ngo, V. K., Miranda, J. M., Hirsch, S., Jones, F., Wells, K. B., & Chung, B. (2021) · Psychiatric Services · doi:10.1176/appi.ps.202000095 · Cited by 8
“For example, while a positive screen for suicidality on the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) predicts increased relative risk of attempted suicide, absolute risk remains low (14,15).”
BackgroundPredictors of suicidal ideation among Iranian patients with multiple sclerosis
Asgarian, F. S., Keyhani, A., Moghadasi, A. N., Sahraian, M. A., & Etesam, F. (2021) · Current Journal of Neurology · doi:10.18502/cjn.v19i4.5541 · Cited by 8
Crasta, D., Crane, C., Trabold, N., Shepardson, R. L., Possemato, K., & Funderburk, J. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph192113984 · Cited by 6
“90) and was used to assess depression (cutoff of ≥10) and recent thoughts of suicide or self-harm (using any positive scores on the ninth item [36]).”
MethodWalther, A., Grub, J., Tsar, S., Ehlert, U., Heald, A. H., Perrin, R. N., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., Seidler, Z. E., Rice, S., Kealy, D., et al. (2021) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/h3qy6 · Cited by 8
Bazmi, E., Behnoush, A. H., Eskandarieh, S., Moghadasi, A. N., Navardi, S., Ayoubi, S., Behnoush, B., Forouzesh, M., & Sahraian, M. A. (2025) · Brain and Behavior · doi:10.1002/brb3.70458 · Cited by 7
“The validity of item nine of the PHQ-9 questionnaire has been confirmed as a screening tool to evaluate theriskofsuicidemortalityinadditiontosymptomsofdepression in patients with neurological disorders (Louzon et al. 2016).”
Szmulewicz, A., Madenci, A. L., Ferguson, R. E., Liang, M. H., Lew, R., Katz, I. R., & Hernán, M. Á. (2023) · Journal of Psychopharmacology · doi:10.1177/02698811231166460 · Cited by 8
“Second, we modified confounding adjustment by (i) replacing the lagged time-varying covariates by their values measured concurrently with adherence, (ii) replacing change in depression and suicidal ideation scores by the actual scores, (iii) adding intensity of suicidal ideation from the C-SSRS score as a covariate, a…”
MethodSelf-citationCrasta, D. J., Funderburk, J. S., Gray, T. D., Córdova, J. V., & Britton, P. C. (2023) · Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior · doi:10.1111/sltb.12983 · Cited by 11
Liu, G., Tong, Y., Li, J., Sun, X.-Y., Chen, L., Zheng, X.-W., Zhang, X.-H., Lv, J., Wang, J., Wei, B., et al. (2023) · International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine · doi:10.1177/00912174231219041 · Cited by 7
Athey, A. J., & Overholser, J. C. (2018) · Military Behavioral Health · doi:10.1080/21635781.2018.1442757 · Cited by 7
“The confidence intervals of depressive and anxiety disorders overlapped in 3 multivariable models of suicide (Ilgen et al., 2010a; Ilgen et al., 2010b; Louzon et al., 2016.”
BackgroundMonteith, L. L., Smith, N. B., Holliday, R. P., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2018) · Chronic Stress · doi:10.1177/2470547018815901 · Cited by 8
“Despite the brevity of this method, the PHQ-9 suicidal ideation item is associated with suicide attempt and death by suicide.(46,47)”
MethodEvaluating a Recovery-Oriented Intensive Outpatient Program for Veterans at Risk for Suicide
Roush, J. F., O'Brien, K. M., & Ruha, A. L. (2020) · Crisis · doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000703 · Cited by 7
Fisher, L. B., Bomyea, J. A., Thomas, G. A., Cheung, J. C., He, F., Jain, S., Flashman, L. A., Andaluz, N. O., Coimbra, R. S. M., George, M. S., et al. (2020) · Brain Injury · doi:10.1080/02699052.2020.1807054 · Cited by 7
Sellinger, J. J., Martino, S., Lazar, C. M., Mattocks, K. M., Rando, K., Serowik, K. L., Ablondi, K. M., Fenton, B. T., Gilstad‐Hayden, K., Brummett, B. R., et al. (2021) · Pain Practice · doi:10.1111/papr.13023 · Cited by 7
“This is comparable to the rate of positive screens among Veterans treated at VHA facilities.(46) None of these participants required more intensive mental health care following a brief set of follow- up questions.”
ResultPodlogar, M. C., Gutierrez, P. M., & Joiner, T. E. (2021) · Assessment · doi:10.1177/10731911211023577 · Cited by 7
“Given that suicide risk is not explicitly disclosed before the majority of suicide deaths (Busch et al., 2003; Louzon et al., 2016; G. E. Simon et al., 2013), reliance on selfreport of suicide risk is undeniably a barrier to the effective screening, assessment, management, and prevention of suicide.”
BackgroundStanley, I. H., Marx, B. P., Fina, B. A., Young‐McCaughan, S., Tyler, H. C., Sloan, D. M., Blankenship, A. E., Dondanville, K. A., Walker, J. L., Boffa, J. W., et al. (2023) · Assessment · doi:10.1177/10731911221143979 · Cited by 7
“, “Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way”) as a single-item indicator of suicide risk (Louzon et al., 2016; Simon et al., 2013).”
Salman, M., Mallhi, T. H., Khan, Y. H., Mustafa, Z. U., Shehzadi, N., Khan, T. M., & Hussain, K. (2022) · Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness · doi:10.1017/dmp.2022.124 · Cited by 7
The Clinical Utility of PHQ-9 Item 9 for Suicide Prediction
McCusker, P. J. (2016) · Psychiatric Services · doi:10.1176/appi.ps.670904 · Cited by 7
Nelson, B. W., Forman‐Hoffman, V. L., & Peiper, N. C. (2023) · Archives of Suicide Research · doi:10.1080/13811118.2023.2262540 · Cited by 6
“Although the 9th item of the PHQ-9 has been shown to be a robust predictor of suicidal behavior in study populations (Louzon et al., 2016; McCusker, 2016; Rossom et al., 2017; Simon et al., 2016; Yarborough et al., 2021), some research indicates that this item may not be a sufficient screen for SI…”
Naifeh, J. A., Edwards, E. R., Bentley, K. H., Gildea, S. M., Kennedy, C. J., King, A. J., Kleiman, E. M., Luedtke, A. R., Nassif, T. H., Nock, M. K., et al. (2025) · Nature Mental Health · doi:10.1038/s44220-024-00360-9 · Cited by 6
“For example, Louzon and colleagues 9 , in a study of 391,492 US Veterans Health Administration patients who completed the PHQ-9, found that although suicide risk over the next 6 months increased monotonically with increases in responses to item 9, the 87.8% of patients who denied SI accounted for…”
InfluentialLitschi, M. A., Lancaster, S. L., Linkh, D. J., & Lafferty, M. (2025) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-025-09570-y · Cited by 6
Drop-in suicide prevention group decreases suicidal ideation among Veterans
Simons, G. J., Drewniak, T. A., Jahn, A. L., Gillen, M. J., Larsen, S. E., & Kangas, G. M. (2018) · Military Psychology · doi:10.1080/08995605.2018.1524254 · Cited by 6
Lee, Y. J., Kim, H. C., Lee, E. M., & Jung, S. J. (2020) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2020.04.062 · Cited by 7
An 18-month longitudinal study of suicidality in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia
Buchanan, A. W., Sint, K., Stefanovics, E. A., & Rosenheck, R. A. (2020) · Schizophrenia Research · doi:10.1016/j.schres.2020.09.019 · Cited by 7
Improving suicide surveillance systems through the use of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9.
de la Torre, J. A., Ronaldson, A., Vilagut, G., Serrano‐Blanco, A., Molina, A. J., Martín, V., Valderas, J. M., Dutta, R., Dregan, A., & Alonso, J. (2021) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.06.008 · Cited by 7
Basta, M., Skourti, E., Simos, P. G., Soumaki, E., Li, Y., Gerostergios, G., Samiotakis, G., Dafermos, V., Drakaki, M., Papadakis, N., et al. (2023) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.13900 · Cited by 6
Simon, G. E., Shortreed, S. M., Johnson, E., Yaseen, Z. S., Stone, M. B., Mosholder, A. D., Ahmedani, B. K., Coleman, K. J., Coley, R. Y., Penfold, R. B., et al. (2023) · Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety · doi:10.1002/pds.5734 · Cited by 5
“But these results do demonstrate that high-dimensional prediction scores can account for baseline risk of suicidal behavior much more accurately than self-report measures alone 31,34 or predictions based on a small number of risk factors derived from records.”
ResultBoggs, J. M., Quintana, L. M., Beck, A. L., Clarke, C. L., Richardson, L. A., Conley, A., Buckingham, E. T., Richards, J. A., & Betz, M. E. (2024) · Prevention Science · doi:10.1007/s11121-024-01641-6 · Cited by 7
“Ideally, patients at risk would receive lethal means safety counseling from providers; however, many patients who die or attempt suicide did not previously endorse ideation (Louzon et al., 2016)—precluding them from receiving counseling.”
Mavandadi, S., Ingram, E. P., Klaus, J. R., & Oslin, D. W. (2019) · Psychiatric Services · doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201800451 · Cited by 6
Colic, S., He, J. C., Richardson, J. D., Cyr, K. S., Reilly, J. P., & Hasey, G. (2021) · Journal of Military Veteran and Family Health · doi:10.3138/jmvfh-2021-0035 · Cited by 6
DSM‐5‐TR diagnosis as a guide to suicide risk assessment
Felthous, A. R., Kulkarni, N., & Belean, C. (2023) · Behavioral Sciences & the Law · doi:10.1002/bsl.2617 · Cited by 6
Schulte, C. E., Sextl-Plötz, T., Baumeister, H., Titzler, I., Sander, L., Sachser, C., Steubl, L., & Zarski, A. (2024) · Internet Interventions · doi:10.1016/j.invent.2024.100710 · Cited by 5
“Existing evidence indicates an association between scores on this item and the likelihood of suicide (Louzon et al., 2016; Simon et al., 2013).”
BackgroundThe narrative crisis model of suicide as a framework for suicide prevention
Rogers, M. L., Bloch‐Elkouby, S., Goncearenco, I., Cohen, L. J., Nemeroff, C. B., & GALYNKER, I. I. (2024) · Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.pmip.2024.100130 · Cited by 7
Metadata
- Authors
- Louzon, S. A., Bossarte, R., McCarthy, J. F., & Katz, I. R.
- Affiliations
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
- Venue
- Psychiatric Services
- Published
- 2016-05-01
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 517-522
- ISSN
- 0022-1597 (ISSN-L)
- 1075-2730
- 1557-9700
- OpenAlex
- W2239385095
- Cited by
- 291
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 44 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 5
- FWCI
- 29.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychiatric Services (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- suicidal ideation, PHQ-9, suicide mortality, suicide risk, veterans, suicide prevention, Patient Health Questionnaire, suicide risk screening, Veterans Health Administration
- MeSH terms
- Patient Health Questionnaire, Suicide Prevention, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Mental Disorders, Female, Hospitals, Veterans, Humans, Male, Mass Screening, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Suicide, United States, Veterans, Multivariate Analysis, Proportional Hazards Models, Suicidal Ideation
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