Supporting People at Risk of Self Harm

This learning byte from NHS education for Scotland explores the following topics:-

• Reasons why people self-harm
• understanding self-harm as communication of distress
• some common misconceptions surrounding self-harm
• impact of thoughts, feelings and emotions on self-harm
• adopting a sensitive, compassionate and non-judgemental approach when talking about self-harm
• risk and protective factors associated with self-harm
• ways you can positively respond to and talk about self-harm

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