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Manage psychiatric-legal issues clinically, to the extent possible Apply legally informed solutions to clinical-legal dilemmas Support clinical care Prevent injury or harm Avoid harmful defensive practices Avoid a malpractice suit or provide a legal defense, if sued Seek consultation in difficult cases (“Never worry alone.”) Treat the patient, not the record (document clinical decision-making rationale) Failure to provide proper assessment and management in high volume patient settings Failure to construct a comprehensive treatment plan Failure to perform comprehensive suicide risk assessments Failure to document suicide risk assessments Failure to obtain past treatment records Failure to hospitalize Failure to make a rational diagnosis on the basis of the history and evaluation Published, with permission, from Risk Management Issues in Psychiatric Practice. Component Workshop. American Psychiatric Association 155th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 20, 2002. © Psychiatrists' Purchasing Group, Inc., 2002.
