risk assessment at a glance

These steps introduce the process of risk assessment for suicide.

1. Look at how risk assessment fits into the square suicide and self-harm primary health care model.
    
2. See a consumer’s confusion following a suicide attempt about what she should do next and her willingness to participate in risk assessment.
    
3. Watch Dr Randall Long introduce his process of risk assessment.
    
4. Practice your risk assessment skills by using these two tools: 
           i) Dr Randall Long’s risk assessment questions are from the desk guide and also available in this printable version.
           ii) the suicide risk assessment guide can be printed and can also be found in the at risk/referral form.
   Complete these two tools as you watch simulated risk assessments by two different practitioners.
    
5. Dr Randall Long first conducts a simulated risk assessment of ‘Ben’ and then does a simulated risk assessment of ‘Mrs Jones’.
    
6. Compare your risk assessments with those of Dr Randall Long as he reviews the assessment of ‘Ben’ and reviews the assessment of ‘Mrs Jones’.
    
7. Now watch a different practitioner, Andy Kelly, do a simulated risk assessment of ‘Peter’.
    
8. Compare Andy Kelly’s review of assessment of ‘Peter’ with your own assessment.
    
9. After assessing the level of risk of suicide, now examine the square suicide and self-harm primary health care model to see how to manage and refer people presenting with different risk levels using these referral pathways.
    
10. Now move to the risk assessment in more detail online tutorial.