Static, Dynamic and Protective Factors
The approach of a risk assessment requires health professionals to consider variable risk factors for CM. Different risk factors generate different risk outcomes. Risk factors can be classified as being “modifiable” or “non-modifiable” (Allnutt et al., 2010).
The non-modifiable risk factors are “static” and do not change over time and assist in identifying baseline and longer-term risk (Allnutt et al., 2010). CM’s age, gender, ethnicity, social class, education level, developmental trauma, previous violence and substance use problems is considered as static risk factors (Doyle & Dolan, 2006).
Males are three times more likely to die by suicide than female (ABA, 2016). Suicide rates for Aboriginal people are twice as high, by comparison, with non-indigenous people. In 2015 death by suicide accounted for 28.6% in the 15-19 year age group for males (ABA, 2016). Considering the above statistic CM is in this group of suicide risks. …show more content…
These static risk factors have a strong association to CM’s risk of future harm especially when violence or threats that seem to evoke a tendency of making CM feel powerful and effective in situations when he would otherwise feel powerless and ineffective ( Cooley-Strickland et al.,
The approach of a risk assessment requires health professionals to consider variable risk factors for CM. Different risk factors generate different risk outcomes. Risk factors can be classified as being “modifiable” or “non-modifiable” (Allnutt et al., 2010).
The non-modifiable risk factors are “static” and do not change over time and assist in identifying baseline and longer-term risk (Allnutt et al., 2010). CM’s age, gender, ethnicity, social class, education level, developmental trauma, previous violence and substance use problems is considered as static risk factors (Doyle & Dolan, 2006).
Males are three times more likely to die by suicide than female (ABA, 2016). Suicide rates for Aboriginal people are twice as high, by comparison, with non-indigenous people. In 2015 death by suicide accounted for 28.6% in the 15-19 year age group for males (ABA, 2016). Considering the above statistic CM is in this group of suicide risks. …show more content…
These static risk factors have a strong association to CM’s risk of future harm especially when violence or threats that seem to evoke a tendency of making CM feel powerful and effective in situations when he would otherwise feel powerless and ineffective ( Cooley-Strickland et al.,