ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019
Understanding the Needs of Young People Who Engage in Self-Harm: A Qualitative Investigation.
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- Motivations for Self-Harm in Young People and Their Correlates: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
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- Early Evaluation of IMAGINATOR 2.0 Intervention Targeting Self-Harm in Young People: Single-Arm Feasibility Trial.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
- Self-Harm and Suicide in Young People: Advancing Understanding and Intervention.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- What should be included in a digital mental health intervention, based on solution-focused therapy, for young people who self-harm? A qualitative exploration of young people and clinicians' views.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Bullying victimisation, coping, and self-harm among adolescents from diverse inner-city London schools: an accelerated cohort study.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Perspectives from Young Australian Women with Lived Experience on Why Rates of Self-Harm Are Increasing: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Co-Developing Content Updates for the Card Sort Task for Self-Harm-Digital (CaTS-D) With People With Lived Self-Harm Experiences: Pilot Study and Thematic Analysis.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Exploring support systems for young people with climate anxiety: Suggestions from Brazil.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- Long-term outcomes of deliberate self-poisoning in adolescents and factors associated with repeated self-poisoning and self-injury: a Sri Lankan perspective.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Mental Health Professionals' Views on the Influence of Media on Self-Harm in Young People: A Critical Discourse Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- "Thrown in the deep end": a qualitative study of barriers secondary school staff encounter when addressing self-harm.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Exploring Support Preferences for Young Women Who Self-Harm: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The self-perceived needs of adolescents with suicidal behaviour: a scoping review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Self-Injurious Behavior in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Units: Actual Aspects of the Complex Care Provision.Acta medica Lituanic · 2024Article
- The influence of peer non-suicidal self-harm on young adults' urges to self-harm: experimental study.Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2023Article
- The Risk-Taking and Self-Harm Inventory for Adolescents: Validation of the Italian Version (RTSHIA-I).Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Developing a Mobile App for Young Adults with Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: A Prototype Feedback Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Use of a Mobile Peer Support App Among Young People With Nonsuicidal Self-injury: Small-scale Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Self-harm is common and associated with adverse outcomes. Research about the risk factors for self-harm has informed the field with regard to clinical interventions that should be delivered for young people who engage in self-harm. Missing is an in-depth understanding of what the triggers of an urge to self-harm might be, including in young people being treated with a clinical intervention. Therefore, there is little knowledge about what techniques young people find helpful to deal with urges to self-harm when they occur. This qualitative study engaged seven young people with lived experience of self-harm in semi-structured interviews about the immediate triggers of the urge to self-harm, and helpful strategies to manage this urge. Thematic analysis using a general inductive approach revealed distressing emotions and a sense of isolation as key themes, with other triggers associated with their induction. Highlighted was the wide range of situations and emotions that can be triggering, such that a further key theme was the idiosyncratic nature of the self-help strategies young people found helpful. Interventions that are developed to support young people who self-harm must address this complexity and findings highlight the need for young people to maintain some autonomy and control while being supported to connect with others for support. This research adds to the literature on self-help strategies to support young people in moments when they are experiencing distressing emotions, feel isolated, and have an urge to self-harm providing important insight to the prevention and intervention for self-harm among young people.
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