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Risk Assessment For Suicide Behaviour : Clinical Challenges, Amresh Srivastava, Charles Nelson
Risk Assessment For Suicide Behaviour : Clinical Challenges, Amresh Srivastava, Charles Nelson
Amresh Srivastava
This is an audio-visual about risk assessment of suicide behavior. Part 1. Reformulating the concept of RISK and a New instrument for assessment: Risk assessment is an important clinical responsibility, which can be ‘life-saving’. Literature on risk factors has become voluminous; however a traditional risk assessment does not take into account the most relevant factors. This reflects the prevailing conceptualization of risk, which has not been fully and completely tied to clinical outcomes. Psychopathology is currently understood in biopsychosocial terms. A more progressive conceptualization of risk should consider the interplay of both, risk and protective factors. The present work proposes …