New guidance for self-harm: an opportunity not to be missed

Faraz Mughal; Fiona M Burton; Harriet Fletcher; Karen Lascelles; Rory C O'Connor; Sarah Rae; Alex B Thomson; Nav Kapur

doi:10.1192/bjp.2023.113

New guidance for self-harm: an opportunity not to be missed

Br J Psychiatry. 2023 Nov;223(5):501-503. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2023.113.

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Faraz Mughal¹, Fiona M Burton², Harriet Fletcher³, Karen Lascelles⁴, Rory C O'Connor⁵, Sarah Rae⁶, Alex B Thomson⁷, Nav Kapur⁸

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¹ School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
³ Medical Psychotherapy Service, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds, UK.
⁴ Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁶ Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.
⁷ Department of Liaison Psychiatrist, Northwick Park Hospital, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁸ Centre for Mental Health and Safety, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; and NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Abstract

In this editorial we, as members of the 2022 NICE Guideline Committee, highlight and discuss what, in our view, are the key guideline recommendations (generated through evidence synthesis and consensus) for mental health professionals when caring for people after self-harm, and we consider some of the implementation challenges.

Keywords: NICE; Self-harm; psychiatric nursing; psychosocial interventions; suicide.

New guidance for self-harm: an opportunity not to be missed

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