Homicidal Impulse Attack Scale (HIAS)

About the HIAS
License Agreement for Use of the HIAS
Training for the HIAS
Translations and Linguistic Validation of the HIAS
How to Cite the HIAS

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The Homicidal Impulse Attack Scale (HIAS)* assesses the components of a homicidal impulse attack. These components are the:

1. need or impulse for the patients to kill someone sooner rather than later

2. need or impulse for the patients to plan to kill someone sooner rather than later

3. patients’ thoughts about killing someone or that they would be better off dead

4. associated physical symptoms

A closeup of text on a white backgroundClinical and Research Use

The HIAS is specifically designed for use as a very brief measure of components within a homicidal impulse attack. Because the homicidal impulse attack events are relatively brief compared to chronic homicidality, an instrument is needed to quickly measure these events over very short periods of time in anti-homicidality impulse attack treatments.

The primary application of the HIAS is most likely to be in Impulse Attack Homicidality Disorder (IAHD). However, it may have value in the acute tracking of other homicidality disorders. It allows a clinician to determine if a patient with IAHD is responding to treatment.

Emergency room or crisis center staff can use the HIAS frequently (every 15 minutes or hour) to monitor the homicidality severity.

For any scientific questions relating to the HIAS, contact Ivan Sascha Sheehan PhD directly by email at isheehan@ubalt.edu or David V Sheehan MD MBA at davidVsheehan@gmail.com or Jennifer M Giddens at jenniferMgiddens@gmail.com

The scales on this page and information about Professor Ivan Sascha Sheehan’s activities are available from his website at ProfessorSheehan.com. (click here)

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License Agreement for Use of the HIAS

Professor Sheehan, Dr. Sheehan, and Jennifer M. Giddens license the HIAS in paper format for distribution as follows : 1) in paper format for any uses; or 2) in fixed pdf form, paper form, or both for use in clinical or academic research trials or studies.

To license the HIAS for use there is a charge of $1 per use in a single administration (not per patient enrolled). The amount must be paid in full before study initiation.  (click here to download this license agreement)

Training for the HIAS

For information about training on the HIAS, please contact: isheehan@ubalt.edu or davidVsheehan@gmail.com or jenniferMgiddens@gmail.com

Professor Ivan Sascha Sheehan and Jennifer M. Giddens do not authorize anyone to provide training to others on their scales or structured interviews who is not a licensed psychiatrist or clinical psychologist (MD or PhD) and who has not been specifically trained and authorized to provide this training to others by Professor Ivan Sascha Sheehan or Jennifer M. Giddens.

Translations and Linguistic Validation of the HIAS

For information about translations of the HIAS, please contact: translations@harmresearch.org

How to Cite the HIAS

Use the following citation in referencing the HIAS:

1. Sheehan DV, and Giddens JM. Harm Research Institute. Homicidal Impulse Attack Scale (HIAS). Retrieved January 7th, 2017 from: https://harmresearch.org///index.php/homicidality/homicida-impulse-attack-scale-hias/

 

 

 

 

 

 

* in field testing.