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Rapid Access List Self-harm

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Profile:

  • I am a healthcare professional
  • I would like to have a basic understanding of self-harm

About this list:

A collection of resources that follow a natural patient journey from understanding why children and young people self-harm and how to assess these behaviours against best practice guidance. Topics include self-harm risk, care pathways, management of self-harm and care on the ward, communication with the child or young person and alternatives and distractions to self-harm.

We also encourage you to explore the resources provided by your local employer to support care of these children and young people. We hope the contents of these lists will provide helpful complementary resources where needed.

Primary resources:

Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes

  • Self-harm: getting the basics right in caring for young people

    CAMHS- Paediatric FOAMed

    Comprehensive resource including: * Assumptions about self-harm * Self-harm and paediatrics * Discussions about self-harm - what is helpful and what isn't. * Assessment and mental health state. * Psychosocial understanding * Red flags and risk * Examination * Management * Safety planning * Signposting and guidance for patients, professionals and parent or carers.

    Date added
    9/28/2022
    Format
    Text
    Estimated duration
    20 min

  • The Assessment and Management of Self Harm

    Adolescent Health Programme (elfh)

    This session provides an overview of the assessment and management of self-harm in respect of young people who present to the service. It provides guidance on the role of primary care, emergency departments and hospital services.

    Date added
    3/18/2022
    Format
    Interactive
    Estimated duration
    30 min
    Certification
    Certification

  • HEEADSSS assessment: Lightning Learning

    #EM3: East Midlands Emergency Medicine Educational Media

    HEEADSSS is a practical, time-tested strategy that can be used to obtain a Psychosocial Review of Systems (PROS) for adolescent patients who attend ED with self-harm/mental health concerns. This short blog and infographic provide a timely reminder for clinicians.

    Date added
    2/9/2022
    Format
    Infographic
    Estimated duration
    5 min

  • Assessing risk and managing safety with children and young people admitted with self-harm

    Tim Carter and Joseph Manning, University of Nottingham

    This reusable learning object (RLO) will equip registered children's nurses, student nurses and other health professionals with information about how to assess and manage risk with children and young people admitted to children's wards with self-harm.

    Date added
    2/9/2022
    Format
    Interactive
    Estimated duration
    30 min
    Lived Experience
    Lived Experience

  • Self-harm - distractions that can help

    National Self-Harm Network

    An infographic resource to support effective distraction techniques from the compulsion to self-injure. Can also assist in reducing distress and emotionally regulating.

    Date added
    3/29/2022
    Format
    Infographic
    Estimated duration
    10 min

  • Self-harm - NICE Quality Standards

    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

    Quality standards for self-harm: assessment and treatment pathway. This quality standard covers the initial management of self-harm and the provision of longer-term support for children and young people (aged 8 to 18) and adults (aged 18 and over) who self-harm. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.

    Date added
    9/28/2022
    Format
    Text
    Estimated duration
    30 min

Carer or parent resources

Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes

These are some resources that are great to share with the child or young person or their family. Healthcare professionals will find them useful as they give an insight into the understanding required by the child or young person and family and they may also help address questions that might be posed to the healthcare professional.

  • Self-harm information and resources

    Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Self-harm information and resources. Includes: definition of self-harm, prevalence, precipitants and drivers of self-harm, links between self-harm, mental illness and suicidal ideation, treatment, advice on stopping self-harm and self-help and support.

    Date added
    9/28/2022
    Format
    Text
    Estimated duration
    40 min

  • Insights into self-injury

    Self Injury support

    Insights into Self Injury allows access to lived experience of self-harm. The blogs offer the reader insights from those with lived experience on a range of self-harm related topics including self-harm as a coping mechanism, disguising self-harm, self-harm and trauma, stereotypes, pain and management.

    Date added
    2/22/2022
    Format
    Text
    Estimated duration
    60 min
    Lived Experience
    Lived Experience

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