self-harm
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Suicide and Self-harm National Conference
Dr. Dennis Ougrin explains more about his session at our National Conference on Suicide and Self Harm.
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Effective prevention of suicidal behaviours in adolescents – from targeted treatments to firearms restriction – Professor Lars Mehlum
Professor Lars Mehlum at the launch of the JCPP Special issue 2019 – Suicide and self-harm. Lars looks at ‘Effective prevention of suicidal behaviours in adolescents – from targeted treatments to firearms restriction’
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Biological explanations of links between childhood adversity and later self-harm: a focus on inflammation – Dr. Abigail Russell
Dr. Abigail Russell at the launch of the JCPP Special issue 2019 – Suicide and self-harm. Abby looks at ‘Biological explanations of links between childhood adversity and later self-harm: a focus on inflammation’
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In Conversation… Suicide and Self-harm with Professor David Cottrell
David discusses school-based interventions, recent studies on prevention/intervention and (SHIFT), a large multi-centre randomised controlled trial, investigating systemic family therapy following teenage self-harm.
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How to reduce self-harm in young people – Professor David Cottrell
Professor David Cottrell at the launch of the JCPP Special issue 2019 – Suicide and self-harm. David looks at ‘How to reduce self-harm in young people – Challenges for future research’
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In Conversation… Suicide and Self-harm with Professor Lars Mehlum
Lars discusses dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents (DBT-A) as an intervention, his most recent paper in The JCPP, national strategies for suicide prevention and the latest clinical research.
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The family environment mediates risk of self-harming
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) constitutes any deliberate physical injury to oneself that is not life-threatening. It is a behaviour that commonly starts during adolescence. Childhood family adversity (CFA) is associated with NSSI, but the risk pathways between CFA and NSSI are unclear.
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Self-Harm: The Parent’s View
Though it is not always openly discussed, the impact self-harm has on the individual and their family, can be very distressing. For someone to recover from ‘rock-bottom’ requires support, with family being an obvious source. It makes sense that the pillars of this support system, parents in most cases, feel equipped to support their child in recovering from such an experience. Saying this, there is little research on parents’ perspective of care following self-harm.
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