Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence

Evidence reviews - September 2022

The following documents contain the evidence that was used to develop the 2022 recommendations:

• Information and support needs of people who have self-harmed
• Information and support needs of families and carers of people who have self-harmed
• Consent, confidentiality and safeguarding
• Involving family and carers in the management of people who have self-harmed
• Assessment in non-specialist settings
• Assessment in specialist settings
• Risk assessment and formulation
• Admission to hospital
• Initial aftercare
• Psychological and psychosocial interventions
• Pharmacological interventions
• Harm minimisation strategies
• Therapeutic risk-taking strategies
• Supporting people to be safe after self-harm
• Safer prescribing
• Skills required by staff in specialist settings
• Supervision required for staff in specialist mental health settings
• Skills required by staff in non-specialist settings
• Supervision required for staff in non-specialist settings
• Models of care for people who have self-harmed

Supplements

• Methods
• Glossary (definitions of terms used throughout the evidence reviews)