Risk Assessment

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Learning Objectives

Psychiatric emergencies: acute suicidal presentations and acute psychotic episodes

Documenting the static and dynamic risk factors and how to manage

How to assess the suicidal person

How to assess the person who self-harms

Violence risk assessment – basic approach

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• what are static vs dynamic factors?
• what ‘risks’ are documented in MH assessments?

Suicide

• what do you ask about in suicide risk assessments?
• what are the SAD PERSONS factors?

Self-Harm

Violence