Risk Assessment and Management of Youth with Self Injurious Thoughts and Behaviours
CONTENT WARNING: This webinar contains information about suicidal ideation and/or suicide, which may be triggering to some individuals. |
Risk Assessment and Management of Youth with Self Injurious Thoughts and Behaviours
In this video, Dr. Darren Courtney discusses risk assessment and management of youth with self-injurious thoughts and behaviours.
By the end of this talk, participants will be able to discuss:
- Therapeutic approaches to communicating with youth in crisis.
- Steps to take in a quality risk assessment, including the assessment of strengths and resiliency factors.
- Limits of risk assessments.
- The overlap and differentiation between suicidal behaviours and non-suicidal self-injury.
- Considerations when doing risk management remotely.
- Managing one's own emotional reactions in the context of crisis.
The slides for this presentation are available to be downloaded here:
