The next generation approach requires some bigger-picture humanistic thinking, not more and more technology. Assessment and management of the risk of violence in psychiatry inevitably and appropriately draws

A journal by Andrew Carroll - Assessment and management of the risk of violence in psychiatry inevitably and appropriately draws on emotionally laden ‘intuitive’ modes of thought, as well as deliberative analytic thinking.

Making decisions in the context of risk is an integral part of psychiatric work. Despite this, decision-making skills are rarely systematically taught and the processes behind decisions are rarely made explicit.