INTRODUCTION : This paper describes a pilot study of reliability in the risk assessment of people with mental health problems. Specifically, we explore the evidence for professional and gender bias in ratings, in addition to the general level of agreement between raters. METHOD : Six professional ...
Woods, P; Kettles, A. 2009. Risk Assessment and Management in Mental Health Nursing. London. Blackwell.Wood P, Kettles AM (2009) Risk assessment and management in mental health nursing. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA....
Risk assessment and management is a core element of mental health practice, and all nurses need to be aware of the risks surrounding them and their patients in order to create a safe working environment. This timely and accessible text explores how nurses can enhance their skills, and improve ...
HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT(2015). Risk Assessment: A Reflection on the Principles of Tools to Help Manage Risk of Violence in Mental Health. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 378-387. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2014.959155...
Background Risk assessments are a central component of mental health care. Few national studies have been done in the UK on risk assessment tools used in mental health services. We aimed to examine which suicide risk assessment tools are in use in the UK; establish the views of clinicians, ...
This study aimed to survey multidisciplinary mental health staff on their perceptions of risk assessment and management practices in a local health district in Sydney. The research team developed the risk assessment and management survey (RAMS) which was distributed to staff across the district from ...
The advantages of using these proxy indicators in the proposed risk assessment tools is that the ratings do not require specialized training in the assessment of mental disorders and, as such, can be carried out by frontline workers without mental health training. Further study should focus on ...
nurses' understanding of risk, their perceptions of risk assessment and safety planning in acute mental health care; their current practice in relation to risk assessment and safety planning; and the factors that impact on risk assessment and safety planning in an acute mental health care setting....
The mental health Risk Assessment and Management Process (RAMP) for schools: II. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health 2006; 5: 1A12.Shortt AL, Fealy S, Toumbourou JW. The mental health Risk Assessment and Management Process (RAMP) for schools. Process evaluation. The ...
This article reports the findings of a survey-based pilot study of 44 frontline workers in mental health-focused NGOs in Tasmania, Australia, with the aim of sketching a preliminary picture of this under-studied terrain. We identified the assessment practices utilised by workers, and the ...