Clinical Risk Management
An introductory text for mental health professionals
By- Tom Flewett, MBBS, MRCPsych, FRANZCP, FAChAM, Community & Alchohol Drugs Service
An essential primer for mental health professionals, written with an emphasis on patient care
Straightforward and accessible, Clinical Risk Management: An introductory text for mental health clinicians is an essential resource for anyone working in the mental health field in Australia.
The book aims to alleviate anxiety in mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, counsellors and mental health care workers, and is written with an emphasis on patient care.
Clinical Risk Management spans an extensive range of topics integral to the work of mental health professionals. These topics include an introduction to the concept of risk, an analysis of where risk sits within a mental health setting and an in-depth exploration of the most common mental health risks, including suicide, violence and self-harm.
This important medical textbook highlights some more complicated components of clinical risk management; namely psychodynamic principles and boundary issues, managing adverse outcomes and using standardised tools.Existing literature on clinical risk management in the mental health arena is largely limited to journal articles, making Clinical Risk Management: An introductory text for mental health clinicians a necessary and unique health resource.
Audience
Psychiatric trainees. Mental health workers - nurses, counsellors, OTs; psychologists; General Practitioners; social workers.
Paperback, 238 Pages
Published: June 2010
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-7295-3934-0
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 equationsChapter 4 Understanding the risk
Chapter 5 The context of riskChapter 6 Personal (clinician) responses to risk
Chapter 7 Systemic aspects of risk assessment and managementPart 2 Clinical skills training
Chapter 8 Approaches to risk assessment 1Chapter 9 Approaches to risk assessment 2
Chapter 10 The decision-making processChapter 11 Risk assessment: focus on documentation
Chapter 12 Risk managementPart 3 Risks of suicide, self harm and violence
Chapter 13 Risk of suicideChapter 14 Managing chronic risk
Chapter 15 Risk of violencePart 4 Advanced skills
Chapter 16 Psychodynamic principles and boundary issuesChapter 17 Managing adverse outcomes
Chapter 18 Using standardised tools
Appendix 1 Formats for documenting riskAppendix 2 Teaching risk assessment and management
Appendix 3 Answers to exercisesGlossary
Index
