Mental ill health, which has been the leading health and social issue impacting the lives and
futures of young people for decades, has entered a dangerous phase. Accumulating …

Background There has been an increase in children and young people attending
emergency departments for mental health reasons, including self‐harm. Patients often report …

Self‐harm is a major challenge in healthcare systems. Emergency department nurses
provide care to numerous patients with self‐harm injuries. Accordingly, nurse–patient …

Background Each year, 220 000 episodes of self-harm are managed by emergency
departments in England, providing support to people at risk of suicide. Aims To explore …

The prevalence of self-harm has increased substantially in recent decades. Despite the
development of guidelines for better management and prevention of self-harm, service users …

Evidence is lacking on how to manage imminent suicidality in adolescents with self-harm.
Brief Admission by Self-referral (BA) is a crisis-management intervention, developed for …

Background Patients seeking emergency care for self-harm and suicidality report varying
experiences from being believed and taken seriously to not being believed and taken …

When young people seek support from mental health care practitioners, the encounters may
affect the young people's sense of self, and in particular undermine their sense of agency …

Young people who self-harm require support and resources to address their self-harm.
However, they are often reluctant to seek help for their self-harm. Despite efforts to increase …

Abstract Background Emergency departments (EDs) are often the first point of contact for
people with self-harm; however, they do not always receive optimal care. The study …