VIDEO: Behavioral threat assessment may reduce violence risks

Key takeaways:

• Behavioral threat assessment and management is an interdisciplinary approach to reducing violence.
• The method involves communicating effectively with law enforcement and others and can provide clinical value.

SAN FRANCISCO — Behavioral threat assessment and management provides a multidisciplinary approach to preventing people who are at risk for violence from carrying it out, according to Jack S. Rozel, MD, MSL.

In a session at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Rozel and colleagues described the basics of behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM).

In this Healio exclusive video, Rozel, who is medical director of resolve Crisis Services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Western Psychiatric Hospital, discusses how communicating effectively with a BTAM team and law enforcement can help mitigate risks for violence and provide clinical insights.

Reference:

• Rozel JS, et al. Look who came to treatment team: Threat management and working with federal agencies to manage high risk patients. Presented at: American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; May 20-24, 2023; San Francisco.