Ash Peter
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ). 2019 Oct;17(4):355-359. doi: 10.1176/appi.focus.20190018. Epub 2019 Nov 6.
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.
虽然评估成年人对自身及他人风险的许多原则也适用于儿童和青少年的风险评估,但与青少年相关的发育和法律因素导致了一些显著差异。本文强调了在处理有自杀和杀人倾向的青少年时评估和管理风险的主要差异,并针对如何在这些具有挑战性的案例中减少临床医生的责任给出了建议。