UPDATES POSTS Beyond the Tickbox A Masterclass on Medicolegal Risk for Psychiatrists : Learn the skills required to reduce your exposure to medicolegal risk as a Psychiatrist, whether your work is in the public or the private sector. LIV Legal Forum on Vicarious Trauma It was a privledge and a pleasure to present alongside Emma Turnbull at the LIV Legal Forum 2025 in Melbourne this week. Excellent memoir on psychosis 'Flying with Paper Wings' by Sandy Jeffs - a memoir of trauma and psychosis that is both moving and fascinating. Highly recommended for all working in mental health. ANZAPPL Conference Talk It was a great pleasure to speak at the ANZAPPL Congress yesterday on ‘Values plurality: the elephant in the room of risk’. ARTICLES Risk management in the era of recovery and rights Clinical decision-making in psychiatry is affected by many factors, including how best to reduce risks of harm while promoting autonomy and personal recovery. This article proposes guidance for clinical decision-making that is consistent with civil liability law. Jailing is failing: psychiatry can help There is accumulating evidence that imprisonment is expensive but does little to address the underlying drivers of offending. At the same time, it is now recognised that a large proportion of prisoners are diagnosable with significant psychiatric disorders. In this piece we explore the potential role of psychiatry in addressing the societal challenge of a failing prison system. Good (or bad) vibrations: clinical intuition in violence risk assessment 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. This article discusses the concept of ‘intuition’ and proposes a brief set of guidelines, derived from work by the cognitive psychologist Robin Hogarth, by which intuitive thinking may be applied by clinicians when undertaking risk assessment work.
