Self Harm

Follow the links below to find information about self harm or self injury. HealthInsite also has a topic page on Suicide Prevention.

Reviewed December 2011

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Title:   Starving
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   A young person shares her experience of having an eating disorder.
Date:   Dec 2011
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:   Nov 2011
Title:   Deliberate self harm
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Information on deliberate self harm and ideas for managing the feelings without harming yourself.
Date:   Oct 2011
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 2011
Title:   Emergency department self-harm presentations clinical audit tool
Publisher:   Ministry of Health (MoH) (New Zealand)
Description:   This tool has been developed to facilitate audit of emergency department care of people presenting with self-harm according to best practice. It focuses on four areas identified as important in evidence-based guidance – access, assessment, discharge and follow-up – evaluating both process and clinical records. All forms required for the audit are included in the tool and can be reproduced for ease of use. A useful preparatory section gives practical advice to assist planning for and conducting the audit.
Date:   Jul 2011
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:   Sep 2010
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, especially when alcohol or drug misuse is involved. Early treatment of mental illness is the key to preventing violence.
Date:   Mar 2010
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 2010
Title:   Self-harm
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   Self-harm means any behaviour which involves the deliberate causing of pain or injury to oneself, usually as an extreme way of trying to cope with distressing or painful feelings.
Date:   Jan 2010
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:   Nov 2011
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:   Nov 2011
Title:   Deliberate self-harm
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   "Self-harm" refers to the deliberate, direct destruction of the body that results in tissue damage. Provides information on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the disorder.
Date:   Feb 2008
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:   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

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