Mental Disorder and Violence Risk
10 hours | 10 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on Mental Disorder and Violence Risk is presented by Stephen D. Hart, PhD, in partnership with Protect International Risk and Safety Services.
There is, by now, no doubt that mental disorder is associated with an increased risk for violence, but that association is by no means clear or simple. Dr. Hart reviews the research and clinical literature to identify and explain the mental health problems most relevant to violence, focusing on psychosis, personality disorder, paraphilic disorder, and substance use. He also discusses how best to incorporate mental health problems in the practice of violence risk assessment and management, including formulation (case conceptualization) of violence risk and the development of case management plans.
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe the complexity of the association between mental disorder and violence risk
Describe the mental health problems most relevant to violence risk
Describe how to incorporate mental health problems into risk formulation
Describe how to incorporate mental health problems into scenario planning
Describe how to incorporate mental health problems into case management plans
Describe the relationship between substance-related disorders and increased violence risk.
Describe the characteristics of psychotic disorders relevant to violence risk assessment.
Describe the association between antisocial (psychopathic) personality disorder and patterns of violent behavior.
Describe the role of borderline personality disorder in influencing violence risk.
Describe the relevance of paraphilic disorders to violence risk assessment and management.
Presented By
Stephen D. Hart, PhD
Dr. Stephen D. Hart obtained BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees in psychology at the University of British Columbia. He has been on faculty in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University since 1990 and has held the rank of Professor since 2001. He also served as a Visiting Professor in the Facult...
Curriculum
1. Nature Introduction
2. Substance-Related Disorders
3. Psychotic Disorders
4. Personality Disorders
5. Antisocial Personality Disorders
6. Paraphilic Disorders
7. Implications
8. Conclusions
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Program Partner
Protect International Risk and Safety Services
We are proud to partner with Protect International Risk and Safety Services for this training. Protect International's threat assessment professionals are internationally recognized experts that have developed some of the world's most widely used and best-validated threat assessment tools. Protect International provides services and products related to violence risk assessment and management, also known as threat assessment and management. Protect International services and products include threat assessment training and support, case assessment and management, legal consultation, policy review and development, and program evaluation and research; along with threat assessment manuals, worksheets, licenses, and software applications for those tools.
CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.