Risk assessment of sex offenders: the current position in the UK

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Mandeville-Norden ◽  
Anthony R. Beech
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Current Position ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals The importance of embedding psychopathology and phenomenology in clinical practice and training in psychiatry

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 287-295
Author(s):  
Nandini Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Patient Experience ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Detailed Understanding ◽  
Psychiatric Expertise ◽  
The Uk ◽  
State Examination ◽  
And Training

SUMMARYPsychiatrists live and work in complex, clinically challenging times. Their paperwork is geared increasingly towards defensive practice, key performance indicators and risk assessment forms. Somewhere in the process, detailed understanding of patient experience and clinical formulation based on key psychiatric expertise and skill in mental state examination have taken a backseat. I review the history behind the Present State Examination, the realisation in the 1980s of the need for a common psychiatric language internationally and the current position on phenomenology in psychiatry curricula in the UK. I conclude that it is time to think seriously about a return to basics in psychiatric phenomenology and psychopathology.

Milk Alternatives. What Advice should Dental Professionals be Giving?

Dental Update ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 359-366
Author(s):  
Imran Thalukder ◽  
Halima Torofdar ◽  
Mechelle Collard
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Clinical Relevance ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Caries Risk ◽  
Regular Consumption ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Form Part ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Drinking Milk ◽  
Dental Professionals

Drinking milk-like fluids made from plant-based materials, such as soya, nuts and peas, is an increasing trend within the population, and regular consumption of these non-dairy alternatives may increase the risk of developing caries. This article focuses on current research relating to caries risk and consumption of milk-like products, and also investigates the sugar content of milk alternatives available in the UK. CPD/Clinical Relevance: Frequent sugar attacks causes caries. Dentists need to be aware of milk and milk alternatives for some may contribute to the development of caries, and this should form part of their caries risk assessment.

scholarly journals Risk assessment of the cities of Estonia and the UK: comparative study

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Tammepuu ◽  
K. Sepp ◽  
R. Paasoja ◽  
V. Kuusemets
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
The Uk

Predictors of risk in serious sex offenders

1997 ◽  
Vol 170 (S32) ◽  
pp. 17-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Grubin
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Great Accuracy ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
Sex Offending ◽  
Clinical Method ◽  
The Right

With the exception of a very few prolific offenders, sex offending is not a high rate activity. Even recidivist offenders will commit only a small number of offences in their careers, and these may be separated by intervals of years. Because of this, anyone setting out to predict reoffending by sex offenders will do best if they simply assume that none will reoffend, in which case they will be right more often than not. But such an approach, of course, would be criticised for being oversimplistic. Sex offenders have a history, and there is a common belief that if we know enough about an individual's past we should be able to predict his future with great accuracy. This has led some workers to claim that if the right variables can be discovered and plugged into a risk assessment algorithm, then the resulting desktop prediction of risk will outperform any competing clinical method.

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