Adolescent self‐harm is a major public health concern. To date there is a limited evidence‐base for prevention or intervention, particularly within the school setting. To develop effective approaches, it is important to first understand the school context, including existing provision, barriers to implementation, and the acceptability of different approaches.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
In this cohort comparison study, patients who visited the emergency department for suicide-related concerns and received the Safety Planning Intervention with structured follow-up telephone contact were half as likely to exhibit suicidal behavior and more than twice as likely to attend mental health treatment during the 6-month follow-up period compared with their counterparts who received usual care following their ED visit.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Insomnia is associated with increased risk for suicide. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has mandated that warnings regarding suicide be included in the prescribing information for hypnotic medications. The authors conducted a review of the evidence for and against the claim that hypnotics increase the risk of suicide. : Login at top right hand side of page using your SSSFT NHS Athens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
As many as 16% of people who self-harm will do so again within the subsequent year.1 Likewise, mental disorders are associated with high risks of lifetime suicidal behaviour; 4·3% of men and 2·1% of women with previous contact to secondary mental health services were found to later die by suicide.2 It is thus of great interest to generate evidence on how suicidal behaviour in high risk populations might be prevented. Pharmacological treatment has shown positive results in randomised controlled trials (RCTs),3 although some studies are criticised for excluding patients at risk of suicide. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Psychosocial and behavioural interventions that address suicidal thoughts and behaviour during treatment (direct interventions) might be more effective in preventing suicide and suicide attempts than indirect interventions that address symptoms associated with suicidal behaviour only (eg, hopelessness, depression, anxiety, quality of life). To test this hypothesis, we did a systematic review and meta-analysis of psychosocial and behavioural interventions aimed at preventing suicide and suicide attempts. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 30.2 (Mar 2016): 263-269.
Individuals with pathological gambling have an increased risk for suicidal events. Additionally, the prevalence of comorbid psychiatric disorders is high among pathological gamblers. This study analyzes whether the type of gambling is associated with suicidal events in pathological gamblers independently from comorbidity. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Psychology of Men & Masculinity 17.2 (Apr 2016): 147-155.
A composite of clinical cases treated by the authors is presented to illustrate the complexity of understanding nonsuicidal self-harm as it occurs in men, particularly in the context of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) disorder, a condition for further study in the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. As a function of adherence to masculine norms, intentionality, social acceptability, and functions of self-harm behaviors common among men do not appear to be in line with diagnostic criteria for NSSI disorder, despite these behaviors resulting in serious tissue damage worthy of clinical and research attention. Suggestions for novel approaches to the assessment and treatment of self-harm, particularly in light of men’s difficulty identifying and discussing intentionality of self-harm behaviors, are presented along with specific recommendations clinical practice. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Practice Innovations 1.1 (Mar 2016): 3-19.
This article reviews the existing literature on prevalence rates and risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children under the age of 12. This review is followed by a discussion of important considerations for assessment and treatment and an overview of 1 potential treatment option (the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality) and its use in 3 case study examples. Although completed suicides are rare in this population, they do occur. Furthermore, a significant number of children in both clinical and community samples experience suicidal ideation and verbalize thoughts of suicide and death. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Heterogeneity in suicidal ideation over time in patients with first-episode psychosis is expected, but prototypical trajectories of this have not yet been established. We aimed to identify trajectories of suicidal ideation over a 3-year period and to examine how these trajectories relate to subsequent suicidality. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Comment. Psychotic disorders, particularly schizophrenia, are disabling and common disorders with similar prevalence rates worldwide. In addition to the substantial toll they inflict on affected individuals and their families, these disorders are also associated with a substantial risk of suicide.1 Death by suicide in individuals with schizophrenia usually occurs early in the course of the disorder; thus, not surprisingly, suicide is the leading cause of premature death in first-admission and new-onset populations. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Compared to the rate for males in most developed countries, the suicide rate in females is comparatively low. Suicide is rarer still in females during the perinatal period (usually defined as the time of pregnancy up to and including one year after giving birth).
Despite this seeming rarity, suicide now represents the leading cause of maternal mortality in developed nations (Oates, 2003), principally as more physiological causes of maternal death, such as haemorrhage, obstetric embolisms, and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, have become rarer with the routine health screening and care that pregnant women in developed nations now receive (Palladino et al, 2011).
This article describes the use of emotion talk in the context of using a manualised approach to family therapy where the presenting problem is self-harm. Whilst we understand that there is an internal aspect to emotion, we also consider emotions to be socially purposeful, culturally constructed and interactional. We found that within the presenting families, negative emotions were often talked about as located within the young person. Through using ‘emotion talk’ (Fredman, 2004) in deconstructing and tracking emotions and exploring how emotions connected to family-of-origin and cultural contexts, we developed an interactional understanding of these emotions. This led to better emotional regulation within the family and offered alternative ways of relating. The article discusses the use of relational reflexivity, and using the therapist and team's emotions to enable the therapeutic process, encouraging reflexivity on the self of the therapist in relation to work with emotions. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
In 2014 Jonny Benjamin launched a campaign to find the man who helped him when he was at his lowest. After a global search, he and Neil are now good friends. Today they are meeting with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to raise awareness of mental illness and suicide.
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Open access. Most of the research conducted on people who harm themselves has been undertaken in secondary healthcare settings. Little is known about the frequency of self-harm in primary care patient populations. This is the first study to describe the epidemiology of self-harm presentations to primary care using broadly representative national data from across the United Kingdom (UK).
Although substance misuse is a key risk factor in suicide, relatively little is known about the relationship between lifetime misuse and misuse at the time of suicide. Library Services do not currently have access to this journal through this site, but you can request a copy of the article online and we will get a copy to you: http://bit.ly/1Xyazai