Risk Assessment and Risk Management in Mental Health Settings Flashcards
Violence
The intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation
Self-directed violence
refers to violence in which the perpetrator and the victim are the same individual and is subdivided into self-abuse and suicide.
Interpersonal violence
refers to violence between individuals (an individual harms another individual), and is subdivided into:
Family and intimate partner violence: includes child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse.
Community violence: broken down into acquaintance and stranger violence and includes youth violence, assault by strangers, violence related to property crimes, and violence in workplaces and other institutions (including work places).
Collective violence
refers to violence committed by larger groups of individuals to either one individual or a group of people and can be subdivided into social, political and economic violence.
Parasuicide
act that mimics the act of suicide but does not result in death