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Practitioner Review: Common elements in treatments for youth suicide attempts and self-harm – a practitioner review based on review of treatment elements associated with intervention benefits

Oct 17, 2023

This review of 18 trials identifies five common elements among effective therapies: (a) inclusion of therapy for both the youth and family/caregivers; (b) an emphasis on relationship-building and the therapeutic alliance; (c) utilization of an indivi...

Research Review: Viewing self‐harm images on the internet and social media platforms: systematic review of the impact and associated psychological mechanisms

Aug 23, 2023

While anectodally believed to be a bad thing, this systematic review identifies both positive and negative effects of viewing self-harm images online. Recommendations for assessment, management and research are provided. Susi, K., Glover‐Ford, F...

Melatonin use and the risk of self-harm and unintentional injuries in youths with and without psychiatric disorders

Jun 6, 2023

As rates of children and young people with anxiety and depression increase worldwide, there continue to be limits on access to psychotherapy and concerns about overuse of anti-anxiolytic and antidepressant medication. As such, it is useful to s...

Mortality risk following self-harm in young people: a population cohort study using the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm

Jun 6, 2023

Based on data from the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm, around 0.8% of young people presenting to hospital following self-harm ended up dying by suicide and 23% of those who died by suicide had presented to hospital following self-harm. Impo...

Digital self-harm and suicidality among adolescents

Mar 23, 2023

Digital self-harm is a relatively recently identified concept, which as demonstrated during this study of almost 5000 young people, is associated with suicidality. Clinicians should be aware of, and enquire about, this phenomenon. Patchin, J. W.,...

Self-harm in children and adolescents who presented at emergency units during the covid-19 pandemic: an international retrospective cohort study

Mar 23, 2023

A study conducted across 62 hospitals in 25 countries found that young youth presentations to emergency departments with self-harm doubled during the COVID-10 pandemic. Wong, B. H. C., Cross, S., Zavaleta-Ramírez, P., Bauda, I., Hoffman, P., Ibez...

Prevalence of suicidal ideation and self-harm behaviours in children aged 12 years and younger: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Oct 17, 2022

This systematic review and meta-analysis found that the pooled prevalence of suicidal ideation among children 12 and under was 7.5% (28 studies), the pooled prevalence of suicide attempts was 1.3% (6 studies) and that the pooled prevalence of non-sui...

Prevalence and Correlates of Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-injury in Children

Jul 26, 2022

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis This systematic review and meta-analysis of 58 studies found that the lifetime prevalence of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and nonsuicidal self-injury were 15.1%, 2.6%, and 6.2%, respect...

Suicidal and nonsuicidal self-harming thoughts and behaviors in clinically referred children and adolescents with gender dysphoria

Jul 26, 2022

This study found that suicidal and non-suicidal self-harm were more common among transgender and gender non-conforming youth, highlighting the need for greater vigilance with these groups. Hartig, A., Voss, C., Herrmann, L., Fahrenkrug, S., Bindt,...

Comparative Efficacy and Acceptability of Psychotherapies for Self-harm and Suicidal Behavior Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis

Jun 18, 2021

Dialectical behaviour therapy and mentalisation based therapy both appear to be effective at reducing self-harm and suicidal behaviour, according to this systematic review and network meta-analysis. Bahji A, Pierce M, Wong J, Roberge JN, Ortega I,...

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