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Self-harm and Suicide Risk in Young People: A Call for Personalised Assessment
Self-harm affects roughly one in six adolescents and is a potent predictor of suicide. Yet the best-known risk-prediction tools correctly identify only a small minority of future suicides. Instead of relying on scores, clinicians should carry out compassionate, personalised assessments, followed by rapid follow-up and collaborative safety plans.
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Common Elements in Interventions for Youth Suicide and Self-Harm: Findings from a Practitioner Review
A practitioner review of 18 randomised controlled trials identifies the therapeutic elements most commonly found in interventions that reduce suicide attempts and self-harm among adolescents. The findings highlight key strategies that can inform and guide clinical practice.
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Self-harm E-learning for School Staff: Co-production of the SORTS Toolkit
Self-harm among adolescents is increasing in prevalence and there is a lack of evidence-based, whole-school approaches to support students and staff with their response to self-harm. This blog discusses the need for a whole-school approach to self-harm training in schools alongside the SORTS study, which used co-production methods to develop the Supportive Response to Self-Harm in Schools (SORTS) toolkit.
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Digital Interventions and Self-harm Prevention
In this In Conversation podcast, we are joined by Dr. Bethany Cliffe, a research fellow at the University of Westminster. Beth’s research interests include self-harm, suicide prevention, and digital health. The focus of this podcast will be on self-harm and technology.
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An Increasing Concern: Improving Self-Harm and Self-Injury Awareness
If you or a person you know is struggling with their mental health, please seek support by accessing the helplines and resources provided by the NHS website. For those outside the UK please use an internet search to find an organisation that can offer direct support.
1 March is globally recognised as Self-Harm and Self-Injury Awareness Day and serves as an opportunity to raise awareness, encourage an understanding, and promote more conversations around the topic of self-harm and self-injury. We encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website and do please share with your networks and colleagues.
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Self-harm Behaviours and Loneliness: Insights from the OxWell Student Survey
TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this podcast explores themes around the topic of self-harm.
The ‘Insights from the OxWell Student Survey‘ series is a new mini-in conversation series that will explore the OxWell study and the impact of its findings for parents, teachers, policymakers and mental health professionals.
In this episode, Dr. Galit Geulayov and Dr. Rohan Borschmann comment on the findings from the OxWell survey regarding self-harm behaviours as well as informal and formal support for adolescents who self-harm.
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Common Elements in Treatments for Youth Suicide Attempts and Self-harm
(TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this podcast explores themes around the topics of self-harm and suicide.)
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Jocelyn Meza discusses her co-authored JCPP paper ‘Practitioner Review: Common elements in treatments for youth suicide attempts and self-harm – a practitioner review based on review of treatment elements associated with intervention benefits’. Jocelyn is the lead author.
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Research Review: Viewing self-harm images on the internet and social media platforms: systematic review of the impact and associated psychological mechanisms
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘We reviewed studies of potential impacts and mechanisms associated with viewing self-harm-related images on the internet and social media.’ Karima Susi et al.
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Mortality risk following self-harm in young people: a population cohort study using the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The aims of this study were to describe the characteristics of young people who present with self-harm; quantify the risk of suicide and other causes of death during follow up, and to identify factors associated with mortality risk’. Emma Ross (pic) et al.
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Practitioner Review: Common elements in treatments for youth suicide attempts and self-harm – a practitioner review based on review of treatment elements associated with intervention benefits
Paper from the JCPP – ‘This review highlights key treatment elements associated with efficacy that community practitioners can incorporate in their treatments for youth presenting with suicide/self-harm behaviors.’ Jocelyn I. Meza (pic) et al.
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