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> Suicide risk assessment is clinicians talking with patients about suicide. Assessment is part of treatment. That's not the assessment they're talking about.
by DanBC 7y ago
> Suicide risk assessment is clinicians talking with patients about suicide. Assessment is part of treatment.
That's not the assessment they're talking about. They recommend that type of assessment.
The assessments they're talking about are structured tools that have checklists.
- brudgers 7y agoIn clinical practice, the structured tools typically are based on patient response...a set of standard questions like a medical history or an ordinary diagnosis by a physician. In the US a typical assessment includes "Do you have guns in your house?" with follow up about their status, storage and use when the answer is affirmative. Or in terms of intervention, the clinician and patient discuss guns because firearms are a common means of suicide in the US. See more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assessment_of_suicide_risk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assessment_of_suicide_risk