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After reading these articles, you should be able to:

1. Understand some of the ways to help manage the risk of patients abusing prescription medications.
2. Describe seven factors to help assess a patient’s risk of suicide.
3. Summarize some of the ways clinicians can minimize the risks to patients and their own liability when it comes to that care.
4. Understand some of the current findings in the literature regarding psychiatric treatment.