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Old 04-21-2012, 10:55 AM   #31
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Does anyone look as a suicide risk assessment? I don't.
I think only lawyers look at it. A forensic specialist may know the definite answer to this question. It might be the single most important piece of documentation for legal protection in a psychiatric assessment. ie. patient's family sues you, their lawyer says to you "there is no suicide risk assessment". Which then automatically means you didn't think about it. I moonlight at a place where social workers do the suicide risk assessment. It's nice.
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