MIRECC / CoE

Rocky Mountain MIRECC

Updated: 29 March 2019

Self-Directed Violence Picture System (SDVPS)

Thank you for your interest in the Self-Directed Violence Picture System (SDVPS). The SDVPS consists of 10 images that depict a range of self-directed violence methods.

16 February 2017 - Initial Validation of the Self-Directed Violence Picture System (SDVPS) by Sarra Nazem PhD, Jeri Forster PhD and Lisa Brenner PhD, ABPP published in Psychological Assessemnt. The study presents initial validation of the SDVPS. Read more: DOI: 10.1037/pas0000448

Six of the SDVPS images were developed at the Rocky Mountain MIRECC and can be requested by completing the online form (link below).

The procedure for obtaining the remaining 4 images are:

• 2 images can be purchased through iStock at www.istock.com:
  • 8989568,
  • 11943966,

• 2 images are available through the International Affective Picture System (IAPS). IAPS images can be requested by visiting:
  http://csea.phhp.ufl.edu/media/iapsmessage.html
  • IAPS 3068
  • IAPS 6570

Requirements

The SDVPS images are provided solely for use in academic, government, or not-for-profit research. In accepting these materials, individuals are expected:

• not to provide them to profit making companies or organizations,
• not to make them available to the media, and
• not to place them on the internet in any form.

Sharing of these materials to the general public could compromise their value as stimuli in research projects.

In order to gauge interest and to track the types of studies that are using the SDVPS, we would like to ask you to refer providers to our website to request the SDVPS rather than distributing the SDVPS yourself.

If your request for SDVPS images is granted, you will receive an email with a user name, password, and location/website/instructions on downloading the 6 SDVPS images.

Request SDVPS Images

To request the 6 SDVPS images, please fill out and submit the SDVPS request form.

If your request is granted, you will then receive an email, with a personal user name, password, and location/website/instructions for downloading the 6 SDVPS images.

If you have any questions please contact Dr. Sarra Nazem at sarra.nazem@va.gov

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