Assessing Self-Harm Risk

Published: Sept. 8, 2011, 5:09 p.m.

Assessing the risk of self harm or suicide in adolescents is a daunting concept for the occassional player. Last time, we discussed the HEADSS assessment tool for communicating with adolescent patients, and this is a great place to start. In this episode we explore some of the elements of a structured mental health assessment.