In her debut blog, Rebecca Crook summarises a systematic review of individual and environmental risk factors for self-harm in prison.
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Self-harm in prison: can we accurately predict risk?
In her debut blog, Verity Wainwright looks into a recently devised screening tool, which tries to predict self-harm in male prisoners.
[read the full story...]Alexithymia and suicide: can we find the right words to help each other?
Hilary Norman summarises a novel systematic review and meta-analysis, which explores the relationship between alexithymia and suicide ideation and behaviour.
[read the full story...]Digital interventions for suicidal thinking: a tale of two reviews
In his debut blog, Wouter van Ballegooijen summarises two recent systematic reviews on digital interventions for suicidal thinking, which include more or less the same research, but come to quite different conclusions.
[read the full story...]Suicide risk in young people who self-harm and visit emergency departments
Katerina Kavalidou reviews a prospective observational cohort study on mortality and suicide risk in young people after they present to hospital emergency departments following episodes of self-harm.
[read the full story...]Psychosocial assessment, self-harm repetition and the role of the assessor
Katherine Chartes reviews a cohort study comparing risk of repeat self-harm after psychosocial assessment, which suggests that psychosocial assessments can reduce re-attendance by 30% within a 12-month timeframe.
[read the full story...]Risk and protective factors for childhood suicide: thoughts, plans and behaviours
In her debut blog, Ellen Townsend summarises a cohort study that explores the risk and protective factors for childhood suicidal thoughts and behaviours.
[read the full story...]GP management of self-harm: low confidence and need for further training
In her debut blog, Laura Culshaw summarises a recent systematic review exploring the attitudes, knowledge and behaviours of GPs in managing self-harm in primary care.
[read the full story...]The role of paramedics in suicide prevention: links between sleep, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts
Kirsten Russell and Susan Rasmussen summarise a recent cohort study on self-reported sleep disturbance in ambulance attendances for suicidal ideation and attempted suicide, which suggests a possible role for paramedics in suicide prevention.
[read the full story...]Older people who self-harm: the added complication of comorbidities
In her debut blog, Pooja Saini summarises a recent qualitative study that explored access to care for older adults who self-harm. The blog contains some excellent recommendations for primary care professionals and policy-makers.
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