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Trends in Self-Harm in Kuala Lumpur, 2005-2011. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Acts of self-harm are not routinely tracked in Malaysia. The present study investigates the prevalence of self-harm in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, over a 7-year period.
Christopher J. Armitage   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

The psychodynamics of self-harm

open access: yesBJPsych Advances, 2021
SUMMARYThis article examines the complex phenomenon of self-harm, exploring its motivations, theoretical underpinnings and the intricate transference and countertransference reactions that arise in clinical settings. It aims to integrate psychiatric understanding with contemporary theories of the impact of trauma on both the body and the mind, to ...
openaire   +1 more source

Assessing the characteristics of suicidal ideation and self-harm in a national older adult population attending emergency departments across Ireland: cohort study protocol

open access: yesBMJ Open
Introduction Older people (people aged 65 years and older) have high rates of death by suicide, and self-harm is a major risk factor for suicide. While rates of self-harm decrease with age, rates of suicide increase among this age group.
Geraldine McCarthy   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding self-harm and suicidal behaviours in South Asian communities in the UK: systematic review and meta-synthesis

open access: yesBJPsych Open, 2023
Background Previous findings have indicated that self-harm and suicide are associated with different rates, and different risk and protective factors in South Asian people compared with White people in the UK.
Büşra Özen-Dursun   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deliberate self-harm seen in a government licensed private psychiatric hospital and institute

open access: yesIndian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2016
Majority of the published studies on suicide deal with identifying the sociodemographic and psychosocial aspects of suicide attempters and those who have completed suicide or to identify the characteristic differences between the two groups.
Vaithiyam Devendran Krishnaram   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harm minimisation for self-harm: a cross-sectional survey of British clinicians’ perspectives and practices

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objective Harm minimisation for self-harm is an alternative to preventive strategies and focuses on maximising safety when self-harming. We explored the views of clinicians on harm minimisation for self-harm to describe reported use and acceptability in ...
Alexandra Pitman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Journeying to visibility:an autoethnography of self-harm scars in the therapy room [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This autoethnography explores the experience of a therapist negotiating the visibility of their self‐harm scars in the therapy room. Its form takes the shape of the author's personal meaning‐making journey, beginning by exploring the construction of the ...
Stirling, Fiona J.
core   +1 more source

What happens after self-harm? An exploration of self-harm and suicide using the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2019
Background Suicide is a major public health concern and Northern Ireland (NI) has the highest rate of both self-harm and suicide in the UK and Ireland. In order to target prevention strategies effectively, it is vital to understand who is most at risk.
Aideen Maguire   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations between workers’ compensation and self-harm: A retrospective case-series study of hospital admissions data

open access: yesThe Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2023
Summary: Background: While workers’ compensation schemes aim to assist and support injured workers, there is some evidence that the process of pursuing a compensation claim may be extremely stressful for workers.
Tania L. King   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the relationship between experiential avoidance, coping functions and the recency and frequency of self-harm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This study investigated the relationship between experiential avoidance, coping and the recency and frequency of self-harm, in a community sample (N = 1332, aged 16–69 years).
A Aldao   +64 more
core   +1 more source

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