Clinician and patient influences in suicide risk assessment.

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Suicide Risk Assessment in Systemic Family Therapy

  • IRAS ID

    168763

  • Contact name

    David Marshall

  • Contact email

    umdm@leeds.ac.uk

  • Sponsor organisation

    University of Leeds

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    1 years, 7 months, 29 days

  • Research summary

    The research project will use a Grounded Theory approach to explore some of the dilemmas encountered by therapists, patients and their families in family therapy and how these influence the initial risk assessment. For the theapist this may be balancing the need to gather information about the self-harm with the need to engage a patient. For the patient, this may be balancing the need to engage with the therapist with the uncertainty of disclosing information about their self-harm.

  • REC name

    South West - Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    15/SW/0161

  • Date of REC Opinion

    9 Jun 2015

  • REC opinion

    Favourable Opinion