Author: Dr Rachel Parker FRSPH
This is information about a preventive intervention research project at DECIPHER (The Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health), Cardiff University.
SELF-HARM and SUICIDE PREVENTIVE INTERVENTION RESEARCH
This project explored the community-based health support needs for young people in Wales.
The project focused upon the secondary school context in Wales, talking to pupils, young people, school staff and senior professionals in the wider system. Pupils and young people were aged from 16 to 24 years.
A major finding was that all the pupils & young people in this study had lived-experiences of adolescent self-harm.
A number of these pupils & young people also had experiences of suicide ideation & behaviours, suicide attempts & suicide.
This research project completed in 2024
There is a summary of the project’s results on this page:
https://talkingresearch.com/project-results-findings/
The full research thesis can be found at this link from Cardiff University:
https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A21526998.html
PROJECT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Professor Jonathan Scourfield; Professor Rhiannon Evans; Professor Simon Murphy; Dr Rachel Brown; Dr Nick Page; School Health Research Network; Economic and Social Research Council; Medical Research Council; International Society for the Study of Self-Injury; European Psychiatric Association (EPA Section of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention); International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions; Royal Society for Public Health; Social Care Wales; Dr Jeremy Segrott; Dr Lucy Biddle.
On this Talking Research site, please use the links at the TOP MENU BAR of this page, or the links below to explore the project further.
Sections:
This section has general details about the project’s focus groups in secondary schools in Wales.
A brief overview of UK adolescent self-harm. It includes some of the support challenges in the UK for young people’s health support needs.
Summarises the health risks from self-harm. Presents the shared risk continuum model for self-harm and suicide.
Why the school setting is an important context for support and health interventions for adolescent self-harm.
This page gives information about the researcher’s prior projects that have influenced the development of the project’s research focus.
Detail about the project’s methodological strategy and why it was chosen for the current project.
An outline of the knowledge that was generated through this project, and how it can contribute to future preventive intervention design for the adolescent self-harm population group in Wales.
A summary of the key results findings from this project.
To contact the researcher for more details, or any questions about the project, please use the contact details form.
This research project was undertaken through DECIPHer, Cardiff University.
SIGNPOSTING ADVICE FOR ADOLESCENT SELF-HARM: If you are distressed about adolescent self-harm, or require clinical/medical support for adolescent self-harm, please get help by using the NHS support services. SEE HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION:
NHS Information & Help Resources for Self-Harm. Available at:
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/behaviours/self-harm/getting-help
SUPPORT RESOURCES:
From YOUNG MINDS, to help a young person who is self-harming. See their website at: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/my-feelings/self-harm/
If you are a young person struggling to cope, text YM to 85258 for free, 24/7 support.
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/shout-85258/
SELF-HARM UK: Support resources for help and recovery. See their website at: https://www.selfharm.co.uk/
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