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Pharmacological interventions for self-harm in adults (Protocol)
(2020-07)
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:
To assess the effects of psychosocial or pharmacological interventions for self‐harm (SH) compared to comparison types of care (e.g. ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]
(2020-09)
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused morbidity and
mortality, as well as, widespread disruption to people’s lives and
livelihoods around the world. Given the health and economic threats
posed by the pandemic to ...
Changing paramedic students' perception of people who self-harm
(2020-10)
This study aimed to identify whether paramedic students' perceptions of patients who self-harm changed following an educational intervention.
Background:
Self-harm is a major public health concern with an increasing ...
Self-harm on roads: Register-based study of methods and characteristics of individuals involved
(2020-12)
Background
Suicide on roads is receiving increased attention. However, there has been little research on non-fatal road-related self-harm. This study was conducted in order to investigate the characteristics of such ...
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm
(2020-12)
There has been extensive discussion, some of it data-based1 but much of it speculative, on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide. Since death by suicide requires thorough investigation by professionals, such as ...
Accuracy of individual and combined risk-scale items in the prediction of repetition of self-harm: multicentre prospective cohort study
(2020-12)
Background
Individuals attending emergency departments following self-harm have increased risks of future self-harm. Despite the common use of risk scales in self-harm assessment, there is growing evidence that combinations ...
Mortality in children and adolescents who present to hospital following non-fatal self-harm: an observational cohort study based on the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England
(2020-02)
Background
Self-harm and suicide in children and adolescents are both growing problems, with
self-harm associated with a significant risk of subsequent death, particularly suicide.
Long-term follow-up studies are necessary ...
Environmental changes to reduce self-harm on an adolescent inpatient psychiatric ward: an interrupted time series analysis
(2020-07)
Existing interventions to reduce self-harm in adolescents admitted to psychiatric wards are usually focused on individual psychological treatments. However, the immediate ward environment in which treatment takes place is ...
Technology Matters: BlueIce – using a smartphone app to beat adolescent self‐harm
(2020-06)
Despite the recent proliferation of mental health apps, few
have directly focused on the prevention of self-harm. The
available apps are described and the limited, although
encouraging, outcome data are summarised. The ...