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Hindi International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372
Chris Wagstaff Author
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Affiliation
Risk assessments; Mental health; Nursing practice
Medical School, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, University of Birmingham, UK
Biography
Chris Wagstaff is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham. He worked for the NHS for 14 years before entering Higher Education. He is a clinical nurse specialist in mental health and brings this experience to his role. Chris’ responsibilities as the program director for the MSc in nursing are to ensure the design and delivery of high-quality learning opportunities for students on the programme. He provides strategic oversight and direction of the programme
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Developing Risk Assessments from the Perspective of the Patient: A Case Study Report
Author(s): Chris Wagstaff, Jose BOM, Richard Salkeld and Christian M Feij
This paper describes clinical team practice developed simultaneously but separately, in the Netherlands and the UK. Both teams work with patients with a significant risk history who are often unwilling to discuss risk; however it is imperative that clinicians do so. This paper discusses strategies the teams introduced to address this issue and case studies are used to illustrate the approaches. In addition to building a collaborative relationship the starting point of the risk assessment and management process was a ‘Stay well’ plan in which the patient describes the strategies which enable them to stay well. The case studies demonstrate how the changes to the risk assessment processes benefitted both the patients and the clinicians whilst also highlighting the need for on-g... view more»
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