Citation

Kumar S, Lutchman R, Stewart AW, Burrett VM, Gordon BP, Boer DP, Mellsop GW. Asia Pac. Psychiatry 2009; 1(2): 64-73.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1758-5872.2009.00018.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Introduction: Mental health clinicians routinely assess risk in three domains: suicide, violence and self neglect. While the published work on the assessment of these risks has increased, concerns are often expressed that assessment alone does not lead to management of the identified risk. Not all axes of multiaxial classificatory systems are used by clinicians to the same extent, despite their proven usefulness. It is possible that a dedicated axis for risk management as a part of a multiaxial classificatory system could align risk assessment with management and increase utility of multiaxial classificatory systems.