Risk Assessment in Psychiatry 2025
Online
| Timings | 10am - 3.50pm |
| Location | Virtual event, Online |
| CPD | Up to 5 CPD points, subject to peer group approval |
| Non-member Fee | £117 |
|---|---|
| Consultant Member Fee | £88 |
| Residents in Higher Training Member Fee | £65 |
| SAS Doctor Member Fee | £65 |
| Residents in Core Training Member Fee | £41 |
| Subsidised/Retired Member Fee | £41 |
| Student Associate and Foundation Doctor Associate Fee | £41 |
Event Information
Overview
The Risk Assessment in Psychiatry training event will provide an overview of the latest evidence on risk assessment for adverse outcomes in mental health.
The event will cover new work on assessment tools and their clinical application, including how to choose a tool, patient perspectives on involvement in risk assessment, innovations, and assessing violence risk in adult, forensic and inpatient settings.
The event is primarily aimed at consultants, residents in higher training and SAS doctors from all psychiatric subspecialties who wish to enhance their working knowledge of risk assessments.
It may be of particular interest to clinicians working in forensic, adult inpatient, liaison and early intervention services.
Learning Objectives
- Better understanding of new research risk assessment approaches in mental health
- Consider best practice in risk assessment for adverse outcomes in mental health
- Understand how to link assessment with risk management, in particular co-production of treatment and safety plans
How will the event work online?
This event will be taking place online via a platform called EventsAir. Registered participants will receive their link to join the conference in their joining instructions. Joining instructions will be sent out in the days before the conference is due to take place.
Watch the helpful explainer video
When you join the conference online you will be able to:
- view a video of the speaker alongside any slides
- ask your questions to the speakers and chat with other delegates via the discussion forum.
All registered participants will also have access to this conference recording until 20 June 2025 (12 weeks).
About the speakers
Dr Daniel Whiting, University of Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Daniel Whiting is a clinical academic forensic psychiatrist. He is interested in the epidemiology of violence in mental illness and clinical prediction models, particularly how they might best be validated and clinically translated as clinical support tools in psychiatry. He completed his PhD as part of an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship, which involved developing approaches to improve violence risk assessment and intervention in first episode psychosis. He works clinically in prison mental health services.
Dr Artemis Igoumenou, Senior Clinical Lecturer, University College London, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist North London NHS Foundation Trust
Artemis Igoumenou is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the UCL Department of Psychiatry and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the North London NHS Foundation Trust. She gained her undergraduate nursing degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, her MSc in Mental Health, her undergraduate medical degree and her PhD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She started her core psychiatry training in Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust and completed it in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS trust. She completed her advanced psychiatry training in Oxford and obtained her CCT in General Adult Psychiatry and Psychiatry of Addictions (with endorsement equivalent in Rehabilitation Psychiatry). She then became an NIHR funded Clinical Lecturer on the North London/Queen Mary University training scheme, obtaining her CCT in Forensic Psychiatry. Her research interests include the assessment and management of risk (violence, self-harm), and the mental and physical wellbeing of individuals with complex mental health diagnoses (including those who have offended and reside in secure hospitals or prisons). Her research has focused on specific populations such as offender and rehabilitation psychiatry populations, but also general adult psychiatry populations.
Ian Callaghan, Lived Experience Programme Manager, Rethink Mental Illness
service.
Professor Seena Fazel, University of Oxford and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Technology requirements
- Access to a reliable internet connection
- A PC, laptop, tablet or phone
- Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge are recommended browsers.
Terms and conditions
Please read our terms and conditions before making your booking.
For further information, please contact:
Email: miriam.muleba@rcpsych.ac.uk
Contact Name: Miriam Muleba
Contact number: 0208 618 4244