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- The article audits self-harming behaviors in three women's units over 6 years, focusing on a positive risk-taking approach aimed at reducing harm.
- It explores patterns of self-harm incidents collected from 2004 to 2009, noting changes over time.
- Findings indicate a significant reduction in self-harm frequency as admissions progressed, suggesting the effectiveness of the approach used.
Article Abstract
Background: This article presents the results of an audit of self-harming across three women's units over a period of 6 years. All three units use a positive risk-taking approach to self-harm whereby the risk that this behaviour presents is considered in an effort to reduce actual harm.
Aims: To explore patterns and frequency of self-harm across three units within a women's service.
Method: Incidents of deliberate self-harm were collected from incident forms completed across the units from 2004 to 2009.
Results: Frequency graphs show a reduction of self-harm over the course of admission, and parametric analyses show that there was a significant difference in the frequency of self-harm during the first and last 3 months of admission.
Conclusions: These results are discussed within a psychoanalytical framework, with particular reference to relational security and the value of positive risk-taking.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2011.570809 | DOI Listing |
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