Psychosocial interventions for self-harm

Not only have they mixed simple interventions and treatments, the target populations range from latency-age children (some as young as 12 years) to older adults (>50 years), intervention methods and theoretical orientations vary considerably (employing individual, group, case-management and home-...

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Published inBritish journal of psychiatry Vol. 191; no. 4; pp. 359 - 360
Main Author Rudd, M D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Cambridge University Press 01.10.2007
Subjects
Child
Home based
Humans
Intervention
Latency
Legislators
Meta-analysis
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Middle Aged
Older people
Prevention programs
Psychosocial factors
Psychosocial intervention
Psychotherapy - standards
Scrutiny
Self destructive behavior
Self injury
Self-Injurious Behavior - therapy
Suicide
Suicide - prevention & control
Suicides & suicide attempts
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Summary:Not only have they mixed simple interventions and treatments, the target populations range from latency-age children (some as young as 12 years) to older adults (>50 years), intervention methods and theoretical orientations vary considerably (employing individual, group, case-management and home-based care), samples include those making suicide attempts as well as those engaging in self-harm (non-suicidal) behaviour, and they have also included studies that employed questionable intervention or treatment protocols for suicidality. [...]the need for careful scrutiny of studies included. In an age when legislators and funding agencies rely on science for direction, studies like this one generate ill-informed conclusions on what interventions, treatments and approaches to suicide prevention offer the most promise.
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ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.191.4.359