All mental health care professionals have to attend to risk in their
clinical practice; whether it is assessing risk of potential harm to self;
assessing risk of harm to others; or offering interventions to people whose
mental health problems may lead them to break social rules and criminal laws.
In this workshop, we will look at the mental phenomena that underlie risky
states of mind; and explore social, individual and relational risk factors for
violence and criminal rule breaking. We will also look at available
interventions . By the end of the workshop, participants should have a better
understanding of what makes people risky, and what interventions may be helpful
to reduce the risk of harm to self and harm to others.
Dr Gwen Adshead is Consultant
Forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She has worked as a therapist in
secure settings for over 15 years, most recently at Broadmoor Hospital. Gwen is
a group therapist and trained in mindfulness based cognitive therapy. She has
run therapeutic groups for men and women with severe personality disorders who
have committed offences against other people. She has also worked in two trauma
clinics with refugees and survivors of acts of violence. Gwen holds a master's
degree in medical law and ethics from Kings University London; and has a long-standing
interest in psychiatric ethics; especially in relation to psychotherapy and
forensic psychiatry. She has published over 100 books, book chapters and
papers; and is currently working on a textbook of psychotherapy for oxford
University Press
Venue: St John's College, Oxford OX1 3JP
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