In two minds' - socially motivated self-harm is perceived as less serious than internally motivated

A qualitative study of youth justice staff

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4915902
AutoresSarah E Knowle, Sarah Knowle (0000-0002-0863-5866), Sarah E Knowles (University of Nottingham), Ellen Townsend (0000-0002-4677-5958, University of Nottingham), Martin P Anderson (University of Nottingham), Martin Anderson (0000-0001-8390-1688)
Año2013
Volumen18
Número9
Páginas1187-1198
Fecha de publicación2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105312459874
PMID23129830
OpenAlexW2107730679
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas36

Community-based young offenders are at high risk of self-harm and unlikely to be in contact with mental health services. Semi-structured interviews with community youth justice staff and a content analysis of 50 records of self-harm not only revealed staff concerns about the impact of stigma on disclosure and service use, but also found dismissive attitudes towards socially motivated self-harm, which was equated with lower suicide risk and less emotional distress. Efforts to improve identification of self-harm will need to address the perceived - and false - distinction between 'genuine' and socially motivated self-harm

Criminology · Distress · Economic Justice · Harm · Help-seeking · Medical emergency · Mental health · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology