Saturday, December 04, 2004

Risk assessment by mental health professionals and the prevention of future violent behaviour [CRC funded reports]

http://www.aic.gov.au/crc/reports/200001-18.pdf
Bernadette McSherry
"The report examines the current legal and ethical background to risk assessment for the purpose of preventing future serious injury to others. It outlines the development of the concepts of risk assessment and risk management and the different ways in which risk can be measured. It now appears that there is some degree of consensus that well-trained mental health professionals should be able to predict a patient's short term potential for violence."