Question

How to assess a crisis, a suicide risk?

Problem description

We don’t have instruments at our disposal to evaluate a crisis situation.  For the moment we rather work using senses and  intuition, and we have very little experience with psychiatry.  We think it’s important to work with a definition of crisis, what is precisely meant by crisis, how to evaluate crisis and how to deal with it.  However, there are different visions regarding these issues

Impact - effect

We don’t have a tool at our disposal that can be used and is adapted to our daily work.

To do

To do : arrive at a consensus about the use of an instrument to evaluate crisis and suicide risk.  To involve family members and the environment of the client, more than now, in crisis evaluation and intervention.  Increase the frequency of home visits

Theme

Crisis and risk

Topic

risk assessment

Reference -  contact

Marie Vlieghe

Mobile team

2A

Project

réseau santé Namur

Intership abroad - place

Genève

Date

November 2012