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Do you include a specific risk assessment in your outpatient clinic notes?
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Psychiatry · Wake Forest University School of Medicine
I typically include a risk assessment in my outpatient notes. I address the risk of violence and self-harm. I try to approach violence and suicide risk in a manner analogous to the primary care approach to cardiovascular risk: continuous risk reduction. In most outpatients, there is no imminent risk...
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Psychiatry · Childrens Hospital Colorado
If I have any concern for suicide or homicide, I do. For suicide I use the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS) screener and for homicide: Homicide Threat Screener (HTS).