Risk Assessment and Management in Forensic Mental Health

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:

  1. An overview of the considerations which shape risk assessment and management practices in forensic mental health;
  2. An understanding of the aims and utility of risk assessment and management;
  3. A knowledge of the main risk assessment approaches and an understanding of their application in forensic mental health of the most effective approaches;
  4. A knowledge of risk management strategies and applications in forensic mental health;
  5. Skills in evaluating which assessment tools and methods are appropriate for different situations;
  6. Skills in implementing risk management strategies using assessment information to inform decision making.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Griffith University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• GRF-FMH-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate in Forensic Mental Health

Elective

• OUA-PSU-GCE-2024 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
• UNE-PRO-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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