Chris Hart

A Pocket Guide to Risk Assessment and Management in Mental Health (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Risk assessment and risk management are top of every mental health trust's agenda. This updated and expanded new edition provides an informative and practical guide to the process of undertaking a risk assessment, arriving at a risk formulation and developing a risk management plan.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003813323
• Artikelnr.: 69570164

Autorenporträt

Chris Hart is an independent nurse consultant, educator, facilitator and trainer, writer, film maker and academic. His specialist area of work now is risk assessment and risk management within the prison system, but he still works closely with mental health and non mental health NHS trusts and organisations to educate, train and develop staff in all aspects of risk assessment and management, as well as undertaking developmental work with senior nurses, clinicians and managers. He was previously a Senior Lecturer at Kingston University and St George's, University of London, UK and nurse consultant for South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. About This Guide 2. Cultural Diversity 3. Gender and
Sexuality 4. A Note about Terminology Part 1: Risk Assessment: An Overview
1. Introduction 2. Key Issues to Determine from a Risk Assessment 3.
Organisational Issues and Risk Assessment and Risk Management 4. Risk of
Suicide and Self Harm 5. Risk of Dangerousness, Violence and/or Homicide 6.
Developing a Common Language for Assessing and Communicating Risk Part 2:
General Principles of Risk Assessment 1. Different Approaches to Risk
Assessment 2. Making Use of the Information Gained from Assessment 3.
Translating the Assessment into a Formulation 4. The Safety of the
Clinician and Patient 5. Taking a Referral Part 3: Undertaking a Risk
Assessment 1. First Impressions 2. Initial Communications and Developing a
Rapport 3. Key Interview Skills 4. Other Interview Techniques 5. Things to
Avoid 6. Closing, or Finishing, the Interview 7. Risk Assessment in the
Context of a Full Mental Health Assessment 8. Defining the Risk 9. Short
Assessments and Re-Assessments ¿ The Key Principles 10. Developing a
Formulation Part 4: Developing a Risk Management Plan 1. Introduction 2.
Mental Capacity 3. Negotiating and Writing a Care Plan for the Purposes of
Writing a Care Plan 4. Therapeutic Risk Taking or Positive Risk Management
5. Relapse Profiles and Crisis Plans 6. Record Keeping and Good
Documentation Summary and Conclusions