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Why we need a radical shift in the way we respond to suicide risk

by Gary Sidley on March 15, 2019

Life is a risk. Each action we take, outside the home or indoors, is associated with some degree of danger. Risk is an ever-present feature of human existence that each of us manage effectively, routinely deciding upon an acceptable balance […]

Risk Assessment in Psychiatric Services: a futile endeavour?

by Gary Sidley on July 07, 2015

Introduction In the United Kingdom, it is a statutory requirement that all patients in receipt of secondary mental health services are formally evaluated as to their future risk of self-harm, harm to others, self-neglect and vulnerability to exploitation. Typically, a weighty tome of […]