Assessing potential for harm: Would your patient injure himself or others

Area: Risk assessment

Based on APA Dictionary of Psychology (2020) *: “Clinical risk assessment is a clinician-based prediction of the likelihood that an individual will pose a threat to others or engage in a certain behaviour (e.g., violence) within a given period. Unlike actuarial risk assessment, a specific formula or weighting system using empirically derived predictors is not applied. Instead, clinicians make predictions of dangerousness or violent behaviour primarily on the basis of their own experience, reasoning, and judgment; their observations, examination, and psychological testing of the individual; and information obtained from his or her life history.”(*Retrieved from: https://dictionary.apa.org/clinical-risk-assessment)The specific resource includes a series of case studies that could be adapted to training environments for group discussions, analysis, etc. Also, it could be useful for self-study.