As we open up the risk assessment process to the outpatient behavioral health environments, the question becomes how much risk can there be to identify as a going concern?
When the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline was launched nationally in July 2022, many viewed it as a huge step forward in mental healthcare. However, since its rollout, some have taken to social media to decry the Lifeline, claiming potential abuses of patient rights. And those unsure of what’s...
It seems that every week when I look for topics upon which to pontificate, I periodically try to find things that don’t (necessarily) focus on the whole risk assessment thing and I have come to the inescapable conclusion (took me long enough!) that there is virtually no topic that we can discuss...
In this week’s installment, our friends in Chicago have sharpened their pencils (and placed them in a safe place once their edits were completed) in their guidance to behavioral health organizations, as well as hospitals, and the expectations for patient safety risk assessments in non-inpatient...
Lately it seems that I’ve been running into risk assessments that “feel” more like incomplete thoughts in that all the risks within the assessed environment are not represented.
The holidays are a stressful time for many people, even without the added burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), increased alcohol and substance use, and increased political polarization. A 2014 National Alliance on Mental Illness study showed...
One of the more critical issues impacting healthcare providers today is physician suicides, discussed by University of Iowa professors Diane S. Rohlman, PhD, of the department of Occupational &...
PTSD occurs after a person experiences or witnesses a highly stressful or upsetting event. Patients can also develop PTSD secondhand, from close contact with people who’ve also undergone the trauma. That’s particularly true for healthcare providers, who often find themselves working in the...
