We are undertaking a project to identify research to help inform the development of clinical guidelines on the assessment and management of risk of interpersonal physical violence posed by children and adolescents with mental health and neurodevelopmental needs in non-forensic healthcare settings. The protocol for this has been registered in Zenodo (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21643527). The protocol describes in detail how we will do this research and can be freely accessed by clicking on the text below: The assessment and management of risk of interpersonal physical violence in children and adolescents with mental health and neurodevelopmental needs: an overview of reviews. This article was published on Friday 1 August 2025