Clinical Risk Management

Description:

The book has been written as a primer on clinical risk management for mental health professionals. There is no similar book available and the literature which is available tends to be limited to learned articles in journals. The approach to clinical risk management is often driven by anxiety and it is intended that a basic introductory primer will alleviate some of this concern. The book covers an introduction to the concept of risk, where it sits within a mental health setting and explores in some detail the most common risks of suicide, violence and self harm. Towards the end of the book, there is more focus on some slightly more complicated components of clinical risk management.


Features:
Addresses problems that are prevalent in psychiatry with increasing substance abuse and its consequences

Boxed learning points


Logical structure - overview/ clinical skills & types of risk/ advanced skills

Table Of Contents:
Preface

Acknowledgments

Part 1 Introduction to risk in mental health

Chapter 1 Why focus on risk?

Chapter 2 What is risk?

Chapter 3 Risk factors and risk equations

Chapter 4 Understanding the risk

Chapter 5 The context of risk

Chapter 6 Personal (clinician) responses to risk

Chapter 7 Systemic aspects of risk assessment and management

Part 2 Clinical skills training

Chapter 8 Approaches to risk assessment 1

Chapter 9 Approaches to risk assessment 2

Chapter 10 The decision-making process

Chapter 11 Risk assessment: focus on documentation

Chapter 12 Risk management

Part 3 Risks of suicide, self harm and violence

Chapter 13 Risk of suicide

Chapter 14 Managing chronic risk

Chapter 15 Risk of violence

Part 4 Advanced skills

Chapter 16 Psychodynamic principles and boundary issues

Chapter 17 Managing adverse outcomes

Chapter 18 Using standardised tools



Appendix 1 Formats for documenting risk

Appendix 2 Teaching risk assessment and management

Appendix 3 Answers to exercises

Glossary

Index