ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2023
The functions of self-harm in young people and their perspectives about future general practitioner-led care: A qualitative study.
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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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- Critically Exploring Self-Harm Through Lived Experience Perspectives: A Survivor-Controlled Integrative Review Employing Participatory Methodology.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Review
- Self-Harm and Suicide in Young People: Advancing Understanding and Intervention.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Understanding how adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury experience communication with caregivers.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Experience of Goals and Rewards in Young People Who Self-Harm: A Qualitative Exploration.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- How GPs can help young people avoid future self-harm: a qualitative study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2024Article
- Exploring General Practitioners' Management of Self-Harm in Young People: A Qualitative Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- The CO-produced Psychosocial INtervention delivered by GPs to young people after self-harm (COPING): protocol for a feasibility study.NIHR open research · 2024Article
- The functions of self-harm in young people and their perspectives about future general practitioner-led care: A qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-harm in young people is a serious concern but a deeper understanding of the functions of self-harm in young people can tailor care and inform new clinical interventions to reduce repeat self-harm and suicide risk. General practitioners (GPs), as frontline healthcare professionals, have an important role in managing self-harm in young people. This study aimed to explore the functions of self-harm in young people and their perspectives on future GP-led care.
methodsA qualitative study using interviews with young people aged between 16 and 25 years with a personal history of self-harm was conducted. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.
findingsFour distinct functions were identified: (1) handling emotional states; (2) self-punishment; (3) coping with mental illness and trauma; and (4) positive thoughts and protection. Young people valued GP-led support and felt future GP interventions should include self-help and be personalised.
conclusionsThese findings support clinicians, including GPs, to explore the functions of self-harm in young people aged 16-25 in a personalised approach to self-harm care. It should be noted that self-harm may serve more than one function for a young person and thus interventions should recognise this. PATIENT AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: A group consisting of young people with lived experience of self-harm, carers, the public, and those who work with young people who harm themselves conceived this study idea, informed recruitment methods and the interview topic guide, and supported the interpretation of findings.
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