Citation

Ash P. Focus (Am. Psychiatr. Publ.) 2019; 17(4): 355-359.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Psychiatric Publishing)

DOI

10.1176/appi.focus.20190018

PMID

32047381

PMCID

PMC7011300

Abstract

While many of the principles of assessing risk to self and others in adults are applicable to risk assessments of children and adolescents, developmental and legal factors regarding youths give rise to some significant differences. This article highlights major differences in assessing and managing risk in working with suicidal and homicidal youths and gives suggestions for reducing clinicians' liability in these challenging cases.

Copyright © by the American Psychiatric Association.

Language: en

Keywords

Professional liability; consent; dangerousness; homicide; suicide