Self-harm and suicide: care, interventions and policy
Stephen H Cook Principal lecturer, Mental health nursing
Carmel Clancy Senior lecturer, Addiction and mental health, Addictive behaviour, Middlesex University, School of Health and Social Sciences;
Sarah Sanderson Team manager, Crisis resolution and home treatment team, Blakewater Day Unit, Pendleview Mental Health Unit, Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn, Lancashire
This article aims to raise awareness about self-harming behaviours and suicide. It explores their complex nature, social context, why they have become a central issue in public health and the challenges they present. The assessment of patients who self-harm is discussed, together with psychological and social policy interventions that may be used.
Nursing Standard.
18, 43, 43-52.
doi: 10.7748/ns2004.07.18.43.43.c3642
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