Em um contexto de altas taxas de medicalização da população e face ao uso pouco crítico
de medicamentos psiquiátricos em serviços de saúde mental, este artigo reporta aspectos …

How can a social worker assess the risk that an older person with dementia faces? How
would a nurse or housing support worker decide on the balance between danger and …

Risk management systems and structures are developing rapidly within UK health and
personal social services. However, the risk management strategies of organizations need to …

Aims To explore inpatient staff's understanding and implementation of positive risk
management. Background Risk management is an essential skill for staff working in acute …

Persons with severe mental illness1 (SMI)(Hodgins et al. 1996), and most particularly those
with schizophrenia and schizo-affective disorder, are at increased risk, as compared to the …

Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition reflects legislative
updates made over the past decade while continuing to demystify the process of assessing …

Risk assessment forms an integral part of clinical practice. Traditionally, risk has been
portrayed as a binary concept, and its assessment regarded as a test that can be correctly or …

Background Research into termination of long-term psychosocial treatment of mental
disorders is scarce. Yearly 25% of people in Dutch mental health services receive long-term …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a National Health Service Trust risk
management panel (RMP) service was effective in promoting positive risk management by …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses how mental health professionals can assess,
communicate, and manage potential risk to other individuals from their patients. In assessing …