The traumatising language of risk in mental health nursing
The traumatising language of risk in mental health nursing
- The continuing focus on risk, well-intentioned as it is in reducing harm and increasing people’s safety, has a stigmatising, and, in some cases, traumatic effect on people using mental health services. It reinforces the myth that people who are mentally unwell are an inevitable risk to society, and that through risk assessment we can minimise
- The continuing focus on risk, well-intentioned as it is in reducing harm and increasing people’s safety, has a stigmatising, and, in some cases, traumatic effect on people using mental health services. It reinforces the myth that people who are mentally unwell are an inevitable risk to society, and that through risk assessment we can minimise