Self Harm

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Created January 2009

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Title:   Self-harm
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The reasons people harm themselves are complicated. Self-harming usually does not mean that a person wants to commit suicide or that they are looking for attention.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Self-harm
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The reasons people harm themselves are complicated. Self-harming usually does not mean that a person wants to commit suicide or that they are looking for attention.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Self-harm
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The reasons people harm themselves are complicated. Self-harming usually does not mean that a person wants to commit suicide or that they are looking for attention.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Self harm
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Self-harm is when a person deliberately injures themselves in an attempt to cope with strong feelings. Someone who self-harms may inflict physical injuries in a variety of ways, such as cutting or burning themselves.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Mental illness and violence
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   People who are receiving treatment for a mental illness are no more violent or dangerous than anyone else. People with a mental illness are more likely to harm themselves or to be harmed. There is a weak association between violence and mental illness when alcohol or drug misuse is involved. Early treatment of mental illness is the key to preventing violence.
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Deliberate Self-Harm
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet has information on deliberate self harm and ideas for managing the feelings without harming yourself.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Mental illness and violence
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   Research indicates that people receiving treament for a mental illness are no more violent or dangerous than the general population.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   If your friend has taken pills or hurt themselves
Publisher:   inspire foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains information on what you should do if a friend has taken pills or hurt themselves.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Autism: what do we mean by it? - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Autism is a developmental disability which affects the ability of a person to understand the meaning and purpose of body language.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Containment strategies for people with serious mental illness
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with severe mental illness can experience violent and aggressive episodes which can threaten both their safety and that of their carers. We looked for trials comparing different non-pharmaceutical containment strategies for people with severe men...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Self-harm: Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers
Publisher:   Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Description:   This guide is for adults who have engaged in self-harm. It informs them of the best possible assessment, treatment and support and what to expect of services intended to reduce self-harm and its related suffering.
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Summary Australian and New Zealand clinical practice guideline for the management of adult deliberate self-harm (2003)
Publisher:   Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Description:   This guideline covers self-harm regardless of intent. It discusses the treatment of patients and the challenges in providing effective services, particularly in light of the need to screen for and manage suicide risk in a diverse patient group.
Date:   Jun 2003
Title:   Assessment and management of people at risk of suicide
Publisher:   Ministry of Health (MoH) (New Zealand),New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:   This is a resource for clinical staff in emergency departments and mental health clinicians assessing and working with people who have made a suicide attempt, or are suicide risks. It is based on explicit evidence and synthesised expert opinion.
Date:   May 2003
Title:   Suicide and hospitalised self-harm in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report on suicide and hospitalised self harm in Australia, provides the latest data available on age and sex distribution, methods used, and present trends for suicide deaths. The report also describes the shortcomings of the data and the implications for interpreting the data.
Date:   Apr 2001
Title:   Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for deliberate self harm
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Deliberate self-harm is a major health problem associated with considerable risk of subsequent self-harm, including completed suicide. This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of various treatments for deliberate self-harm patients in terms of...
Date:   Jul 1999
Title:   Detection and management of young people at risk of suicide: guidelines for primary care providers
Publisher:   Ministry of Youth Affairs (NZ)
Description:   The aim of these guidelines is to assist primary care providers to recognise young people, between 12 and 25, at risk of suicide and provide appropriate management or well informed referral to secondary services.
Date:   Jan 1999
Title:   The prevention, recognition and management of young people at risk of suicide: development of guidelines for schools
Publisher:   Ministry of Education (NZ)
Description:   This report focuses on identifying young people at risk of harming themselves. It suggests a range of actions from monitoring the young person within the school environment to immediate referral to a specialist mental health service.
Date:   Jul 1997
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