The opinions of patients who had caused deliberate self-harm about the attitudes of doctors, nurses, families and others towards their acts were studied. Their views of the attitudes of hospital staff were found to be markedly different from attitudes reported elsewhere by staff themselves. There were no differences between the patients' views of their handling by nurses, families, and others t...

Patients 63 patients who were 12–16 years of age (mean age 14 y, 78% girls) and referred to a child and adolescent mental health service in South Manchester, UK after an incident of deliberate self harm and who reported >1 other occasion of deliberate self harm during the previous year. Exclusion criteria included cases of accidental drug overdoses or any alcohol overdose, those who were consid...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Antidepressant drugs are frequently used in deliberate self-poisoning resulting in a major risk for the patients due to their cardiac and central-nervous toxicity. In the present study the cases of intoxications consulting our Poison Center should be analysed illustrating recent results and trends about self-poisoning with antidepressants. PATIENTS AND METHODS During ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to provide a description of the characteristics of children and adolescents presenting to the accident and emergency (A&E) department with deliberate self harm. METHODS Descriptive analysis of data collected by reviewing the notes of all children and adolescents aged 16 years and under, presenting during the period of study (1 January to 31 December) with ...

conclusions it can be concluded that schizophrenia and drug-induced psychotic disorder were the most common types of disorders that are at risk of self-injury. background self-injury is defined as the intentional injuring of one’s own body without apparent suicidal intent. self-harm is encountered frequently in psychiatric hospitals. deliberate self-harm may be found in patients with a variety ...

OBJECTIVE Emotion regulation group therapy (ERGT) has shown promising results in several efficacy trials. However, it has not been evaluated outside a research setting. In order to increase the availability of empirically supported treatments for individuals with borderline personality disorder and deliberate self-harm, an evaluation of ERGT in routine clinical care was conducted with therapist...