Some have asked, “Is risk assessment an important behavioral health task?” Here is the case for being informed about violence risk assessment if you are working in the behavioral health field. 1.

It is important social workers focus less on the victim’s behavior and more on that of the perpetrator, says Thangam Debbonaire Latest research findings Domestic violence risk assessments have ...

With the publication of the updated NABITA Industry Standards for Behavioral Intervention Teams, we will review each standard in detail. Standard 14 highlights several risk assessment tools that can ...

Sandy Jung receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. She also provides consultation to Possibility Seeds. Jesmen Mendoza provides consultation to Possibility Seeds.

The use of actuarial risk assessment instruments to predict violence is becoming more and more central to forensic psychology practice. And clinicians and courts rely on published data to establish ...

May 6, 2021 - With mass shootings and other seemingly meaningless acts of violence in the headlines all too frequently, strategies to assess the risk and reduce the potential for violent acts are ...

The Department of Threat Assessment ensures continuous monitoring and mitigation, provides consultation and intervention methods and maintains a comprehensive documentation repository for any ...

At NABITA, we are often asked whether a Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT), CARE team, Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) team, or, in some instances, the Threat Assessment Team (TAT) ...