How isolation and secrecy fuel the self-harm flames

During Mental Health Awareness month in May 2022 – focused on the role of loneliness – Nip in the Bud listened to experts and those who have been through it to understand the vicious cycle of trying to cope alone. (TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this blog discusses self-harm, including personal experiences of self-harm.) This blog was published by Nip in the Bud on 27 May 2022.

15 June 2022

Literature review of support tools for school staff to respond to CYP self‐harm – CAMHS around the Campfire

#CAMHScampfire welcomes author Aureliane Pierret, and co-author Dr. Joanna Anderson, as we discuss the CAMH Open Access paper ‘Review: Education and training interventions, and support tools for school staff to adequately respond to young people who disclose self‐harm – a systematic literature review of effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability’ by Aureliane Pierret, Dr. Joanna Anderson, Professor Tamsin Ford, and Dr. Anne‐Marie Burn.

Depression, Self-harm and Suicide Editorial

This edition of The Bridge focusses on depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts. These are important clinical topics.

12 December 2019

Individual changes in stress-level predict non-suicidal self-injury

In their latest study, Adam Miller and colleagues propose that these inconsistencies might be due to a reliance on “between-person” models that compare individuals with high stress levels to those with low stress levels.

12 September 2019

Links between adverse childhood experiences and self-harm

What are ACEs, and how do they link with mental health and self-harm in particular?

7 June 2019

Continued family dysfunction accounts for the association between childhood adversity and adolescent self-harm

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is any deliberate attempt at inflicting physical self-harm in the absence of suicidal intent. NSSI peaks during adolescence, with roughly 17% of adolescents reporting having engaged in it at least once.

7 May 2019

Self-Harm & Suicide Issue

As a clinician, it certainly does feel that more and more young people are being referred, following self harm or with suicidal ideas, to the CAMHS service I work in. This nationwide increase in numbers is acknowledged in recent government reports, which are summarised in this edition.

19 July 2018

Violent self-harm may predict subsequent suicide

Researchers in Sweden have found that violent methods of self-harm requiring hospitalization may indicate high risk of future suicide in adolescents and young women.

12 June 2018

Self-Harm & Suicide Issue – Foreword from the Editor

As a clinician, it certainly does feel that more and more young people are being referred, following self harm or with suicidal ideas, to the CAMHS service I work in. This nationwide increase in numbers is acknowledged in recent government reports, which are summarised in this edition.

12 June 2018

Self-harm & Suicide

Self-harm is an increasingly recognised phenomenon and one of the strongest predictors of suicide, which continues to be one of the leading causes of death in young people worldwide. Self-harm can take many forms and may present with or without suicidal intent and both in the context of mental disorder, and without.

1 May 2018