TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Teaching the fundamentals of the risk assessment interview to clinicians
JO  - Psychiatric Annals
A1  - Adler, L.D.
A1  - Slootsky, V.
A1  - Griffith, J.L.
A1  - Khin, E.K.
SP  - 293
EP  - 297
VL  - 46
IS  - 5
N2  - The ability to predict a person's risk of acute suicide is one of the most important skills in the practice of psychiatry. This article reviews the essential components of suicide assessment in a concise format meant to be learned and taught to psychiatrists at various levels of training. Strategies for assessing a person's existential state, imminent warning signs, lethality of planned suicide attempts, and protective factors in an empathetic, collaborative approach are reviewed. Finally, a brief overview of the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (CASE) approach, a well-validated approach to obtaining a thorough and empathetic suicide assessment that is useful in cases where suicidality is not obviously apparent, is given. © SLACK Incorporated.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0048-5713
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20160318-01
ID  - ref1
ER  -