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Risk assessment and clinical risk management: the lessons from recent inquiries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

John Reed
John Reed*
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formerly Department of Health, now HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Home Office, Queen Anne's Gate, London SWIH 9AT
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Recent inquiries show that there is a need for a better understanding of the relationship between mental disorder and risk, about what is involved in risk assessment and risk management, and for better training for all involved, whether in health and social care services or in the criminal justice system. This paper sets out the basis for this conclusion and describes some recent central initiatives to promote better understanding of risk and risk assessment and management.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 170 , Issue S32: Assessing risk in the mentally disordered , April 1997 , pp. 4 - 7
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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