Assessing Risk in Acute Care Mental Health
Assessing Risk in Acute Care
Length: 2500 words
Overview
Risk assessment in mental health settings is one of the most challenging roles of the mental health professional. This assessment is designed to encourage you to explore the most recent evidence that informs best practice in conducting risk assessments in acute mental health.
Learning outcomes
This assessment task is aligned to the following learning outcomes which are related to learning outcomes in the post graduate course ‘Acute Mental Health’, for which persons completing this course may be granted credit at SCU:
1. Appraise a range of acute care conditions engagement and interventions
2. Appraise a range of complex acute care conditions engagement and interventions
3. Critically reflect on acute mental health risk factors, engagement, observation and
intervention
Assessment Task
Write an essay that:
a) Provides a brief overview of the type of risk assessments that are necessary to
consider in acute mental health
b) Critiques the effectiveness or accuracy of available risk assessment tools/methods –
Discusses how the risk assessment process could be improved or optimised, ensuring
your arguments are evidence based
