Lifetime prevalence of self-harm (self-poisoning or self-injury) is 5–6% in the UK adult
population. Rates are increasing especially among young women, where lifetime …

Deliberate self-harm is a major problem in the UK, with about 150 presentations to general
hospitals in England and Wales each year. Most of these involve overdoses. Much self-harm …

Purpose Self-harm is a major clinical problem and is strongly linked to suicide. It is important
to understand the problems faced by those who self-harm to design effective clinical …

Objective: To provide a summary of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Deliberate Self …

Objective: To examine Australian trends in deliberate self-harm in order to explore
aetiological factors and improve clinical practice. Method: A database recording 5 years of …

Deliberate self-poisoning is one of the most common for general hospital presentation. The
majority of the individuals involved are young, with females outnumbering males. Self …

Self-harm remains an important public health problem and two sets of clinical guidelines
have been published recently. While these include elements of accepted good practice they …

Patients who frequently engage in self-harming behaviour pose a challenge to the
community mental health team (CMHT). This chapter aims to provide a model for …

Suicide is a major cause of death across the world. Self-harm refers to a deliberate non-fatal
act, whether physical, drug overdose, or poisoning, carried out in the knowledge that it is …

For the purposes of this chapter, self-harm refers to expressions of personal distress that
involve intentional and directly self-injurious acts that are not lethal. Such a definition …