Pre-Congress Workshops
Wednesday 21 October 2009
Pre-Congress Workshops PRISM & START
visiting address & registration
Stockholm City Conference Centre
Norra Latin
Drottninggatan 71B
Stockholm
Sweden
Registration & payments for pre-congress workshops is only possible in combination with registration & payments for the main congress on violence in clinical psychiatry as well.
Workshop: Promoting Risk Intervention by Situational Management (PRISM)
Registration 09.30 – 10.00 & 14.00 – 14.30
(1) 10.00 – 13.30
(2) 14.30 – 18.00 (repeat)
Workshop: Short Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START)
Registration 09.30 – 10.00 & 14.00 – 14.30
(3) 10.00 – 13.30
(4) 14.30 – 18.00 (repeat)
15.00 – 18.00
Pre-Registration for main congress on violence in clinical psychiatry
Workshop: Promoting Risk Intervention by Situational Management (PRISM)
(1) 10.00 – 13.30
(2) 14.30 – 18.00 (repeat)
There are many available risk assessments for assessing individual risk factors for violence. Items assessed for can include: mental disorder, previous violence,, criminality, and poor prior treatment response etc. The contribution made by these instruments has been significant however it is widely acknowledged that violence behaviour does not occur in a vacuum of internaldrives and motivations. In addition, interventions designed to implement change at the individual level can be time and resource intensive with no guarantee of success. With this in mind David Cooke, Lorraine Johnson and Lisa Gadon conducted quantitative and qualitative research studies to explore the relationship between situational risk factors and institutional violence. By combining the relevant findings with what is known about good practice in violence risk assessment a tool for assessing situational risk factors for violence was developed. This tool is entitled PRISM: Promoting Risk Interventions by Situational Management. The title of this instrument reflects its primary aim i.e., to identify relevant risk factors so that interventions can be appropriately tailored to reduce the likelihood of future violent incidents.
This workshop will provide with an overview of the development of PRISM and will include information on the content and administration of the PRISM. Case studies will be used to illustrate how to rate each risk factor, how to make appropriate risk formulations and how to make appropriate recommendations for risk intervention.
Facilitator
Professor David Cooke (UK)
David Cooke is a Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist and former head of the Forensic Clinical Psychology service in Glasgow. He is the Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University and a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Bergen in Norway. He undertakes research on psychopathic disorder and violence, and is interested in the clinical application of this research to risk assessment. He served on the Maclean Committee on serious violent and sexual offenders. He has served on the Programme Accreditation Panel of the Scottish Prison Service and a number of Home Office committees.
He is the author of over 140 scientific books, monographs, chapters and research papers. He has served on the editorial board of a number of journals including; the International Journal of Forensic, Mental Health and Criminal Behavior and Mental Health, the Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Personality Disorder and Mental Health and Law and Human Behavior. He was an associate editor of Criminological and Legal Psychology from its inception until 2005 and a Consulting Editor for Psychological Assessment for 5 years. He is currently an associate editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders.
He has provided workshops on violence risk assessment and the assessment of psychopathy in the UK, Europe, North America, Middle East and the Caribbean. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh: he was awarded the Senior Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Forensic Psychology from the Division of Forensic Psychology of the British Psychological Society in 2006. He is President-Elect of the European Association of Psychology and Law.
Workshop: Short Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START)
(3) 10.00 – 13.30
(4) 14.30 – 18.00 (repeat)
The Short Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) was developed by Chris Webster and colleagues to provide a comprehensive evaluation of a range of client risks (i.e., violence , self-harm, suicide, absconding, substance use, self-neglect, and victimisation) and treatability. The START includes 20 items, covering a range of domains, which are assessed and coded according to item definitions and scoring guidelines. Case-specific risk factors are also assessed. While conforming to the structured clinical judgement approach to violence, START is in many ways novel in its design; in addition to identifying risks, this instrument also requires the evaluator to consider and evaluate client strengths. The available information is used to guide case- management. START can be used by a single assessor or by multi-disciplinary teams. Its format allows for consistency and structure in assessment and facilitates communication about risks and risk factors. It was designed primarily with in-patient psychiatric and forensic units in mind but it also has applicability for clients in community services and offender programmes.
The goals of this workshop are to ensure that delegates are informed about
(1) the purpose, format and design of START;
(2) how to administer the START; and
(3) how to use this information to produce individualised risk formulations and risk management plans.
Facilitator
Dr Lorraine Johnstone (UK)
Lorraine Johnstone is a Consultant Clinical Forensic Psychologist and Honorary Research Fellow specialising in the assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offenders. She also works as an Accredited Risk Assessor for the Courts. She is experienced in the preparation of highly complex risk assessments for use across a range of clinical and legal forums. She has also worked with organisations in an attempt to develop and implement policies on violence risk assessment to ensure best practice within a pragmatic framework. Her research activities have included studies designed to examine a range of phenomena associated with violence. She has published in peer-reviewed journals, edited books, and has produced reports, monographs and a set of structured professional guidelines.
Lorraine has delivered papers in many national and international settings. She has been involved in delivering courses risk assessment to people from diverse backgrounds, with differing levels of knowledge and experience, and with different aims and expectations.
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