SAD PERSONS Score = 0
May be safe for discharge.

This score was designed to help assess risk of suicide. However, it has been proven to have very low sensitivity and should not be used to determine if a patient is safe for discharge.

Risk assessment scale for score sum:

 

Patterson, WM et al. Evaluation of suicidal patients: the SAD PERSONS scale. Psychosomatics. 1983; 24 (4): 343–5, 348–9.

Bolton, JM et al. Predicting Suicide Attempts With the SAD PERSONS Scale. The J of Clin Psych. 2012; 73 (06): 735–41.

Saunders, K et al. The sad truth about the SADPERSONS Scale: an evaluation of its clinical utility in self-harm patients. Emerg Med J. 2014; 31(10):796-8.