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Ligature Strangulation – Self-Harm – Safe from Harm

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Safe from harm: preventing ligature strangulation , British Journal of Healthcare Assistants , 2010, 4 (1) pp 19 – 21  Ian Peate Abstract: An awareness and understanding of the risks associated with ligatures can help to prevent the death or serious injury of a service user. Healthcare assistants (HCA) and assistant practitioners (AP) are members [...]

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Skin Picking & Systematic Review – Behavioral treatment of chronic skin-picking in individuals with developmental disabilities: A systematic review

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Behavioral treatment of chronic skin-picking in individuals with developmental disabilities: A systematic review, Research in Developmental DisabilitiesVol. 31 (2) 2010, pp 304-315 Russell Lang et al.. Abstract: Skin-picking is a type of self-injurious behavior involving the pulling, scratching, lancing, digging, or gouging of one’s own body. It is associated with social impairment, and increased medical and mental [...]

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Suicide rates in the United Kingdom: 1991-2008 – ONS January 2010

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Suicide rates in the United Kingdom: 1991-2008 , London: Office for National Statistics, January 2010 Click on the title above to access the full-text Abstract: Suicide is defined as deaths given an underlying cause of intentional self-harm or injury/poisoning of undetermined intent. This bulletin summarises suicide rates for the UK, England, government office regions in England, and [...]

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Cochrane – Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for deliberate self harm

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for deliberate self harm,  Hawton KKE, Townsend E, Arensman E, Gunnell D, Hazell P, House A, van Heeringen K. Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for deliberate self harm. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 1999, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD001764 Publication status and date: Edited (no change to conclusions), published in Issue 1, 2009. [...]

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Development and Evaluation of a Guideline for Nursing Care of Suicidal Patients With Schizophrenia

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Development and Evaluation of a Guideline for Nursing Care of Suicidal Patients With Schizophrenia, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 2010,Volume 46 Issue 1, Pages 65 - 73 Esther L. Meerwijk, Berno van Meijel, Jan van den Bout, Ad Kerkhof, Wim de Vogel, Mieke Grypdonck Abstract: PURPOSE. The purpose of this study was to develop and test an evidence-based guideline that would support [...]

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Helping Young People Who Self-Harm – Manchester, UK

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Helping Young People Who Self-Harm: Perspectives From England, Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 2010, Volume 23 Issue 2, Pages 52 - 60 Steven Pryjmachuk, PhD, MSc, PGDipEd, BA(Hons), RMN, CPsychol, and Gemma Trainor, PhD, MA Couns, Dip Couns, RMN Steven Pryjmachuk, PhD, MSc, PGDipEd, BA(Hons), RMN, CPsychol, is Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University [...]

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The development of nurse-led suicide prevention training for multidisciplinary staff in a North Wales NHS Trust

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

The development of nurse-led suicide prevention training for multidisciplinary staff in a North Wales NHS Trust, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 17, Issue 2, Date: March 2010, Pages: 178-183 R. JONES rmn bsc msc   Nurse manager, Department of Liaison Psychiatry, Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Bodelwyddan, North Wales, UK Abstract: Suicide and suicidal behaviour evoke strong feelings. That [...]

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Safer self-injury or assisted self-harm?

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Safer self-injury or assisted self-harm?  Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2010 February; 31(1): 79–92. Kerry Gutridge Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol, 3rd Floor Hampton House, Cotham Hill, Bristol, BS6 6AU UK Click on the link above to access the full-text of this paper Abstract: Psychiatric patients may try (or express a desire) to [...]

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Repeat self-harm: application of hurdle models

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Repeat self-harm: application of hurdle models, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Mar 2010; 196: 243 – 244. Short Report Jennifer Bethell, Anne E. Rhodes, Susan J. Bondy, W. Y. Wendy Lou, and Astrid Guttmann Abstract: Among those who present to the emergency department for self-harm, many will repeat. Self-harm repetition is an outcome of interest [...]

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Method of Suicide in the Mentally Ill: A National Clinical Survey – UK

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Method of Suicide in the Mentally Ill: A National Clinical Survey, Isabelle M Hunt, Nicola Swinson, Ben Palmer, Pauline Turnball, et al. Suicide & Life – Threatening Behavior.  Feb 2010 Vol. 40,  1; pg. 22, 13 pgs National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of [...]

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Negative Intrusive Thoughts and Dissociation as Risk Factors for Self-Harm

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Negative Intrusive Thoughts and Dissociation as Risk Factors for Self-Harm. Helen Batey, Jon May, Jackie Andrade. Suicide & Life – Threatening Behavior.  Feb 2010 Vol. 40, Iss. 1; pg. 35 Abstract: Relationships between self-harm and vulnerability factors were studied in a general population of 432 participants, of whom 30% reported some experience of self-harm. This [...]

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Temporal pattern of suicide risk in young individuals with early psychosis

Posted on April 25, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Temporal pattern of suicide risk in young individuals with early psychosis, Psychiatry Research, Volume 175, Issues 1-2, 30 January 2010, Pages 98-103 Izabela E. Fedyszyn, Jo Robinson, Thomas Matyas, Meredith G. Harris, Susan J. Paxtonstr Abstract: Individuals with a first episode of psychotic illness are known to be at high risk of suicide, yet little [...]

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