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:

1. Therapeutic approaches to communicating with youth in crisis.
2. Steps to take in a quality risk assessment, including the assessment of strengths and resiliency factors.
3. Limits of risk assessments. 
4. The overlap and differentiation between suicidal behaviours and non-suicidal self-injury.
5. Considerations when doing risk management remotely.
6. Managing one's own emotional reactions in the context of crisis.