A rationale for service responses to self-injury

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-22

  Longden, Eleanor ^a   Proctor, Gillian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Mental Health Bradford and Airedale Community Health Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency departments; Professional training and development; Staff attitudes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT GUIDANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84856050490     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2011.608744     Document Type: Article

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