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Why don’t people receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments after self-harm?

The Social Care Elf

JANUARY 17, 2022

Amelia Talbot looks at a recent qualitative study of patient and carer perspectives, which explores the reasons why some patients do not receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments following self-harm. The post Why don’t people receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments after self-harm?

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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

What inspired you to write the book, Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry , that got published in October of 2018? . If they don’t qualify for inpatient, I can refer them to outpatient treatment programs or give them self-help material. My job is to make this happen.

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Teen Cutting

Beautiful Voyager

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Photo by Matthew Waring Signs, Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment When confronted with intense emotions, some teens may turn to self-harm , such as cutting, as a means of coping. Familiarize yourself with this self-harming behavior so you'll know what to do when your teenager engages in it. What Is Teen Cutting?

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Four ways MQ is helping to prevent suicide

MQ Mental Health

AUGUST 30, 2023

Using school data to identify at-risk children Nearly one in 10 young people self-harms or has suicidal thoughts. Rina’s study found that for 10% increase in absence from school there was a 7% increase in odds for self-harm. She also found that the higher a students attainment in school the higher the risk of self-harm.

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Synthesizing Findings on Cognitive Flexibility and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

Society of Clinical Psychology

JULY 14, 2023

Scientists have dedicated a tremendous amount of effort and resources toward understanding potential risk and protective factors for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB). cognitive inflexibility) may use the same strategy again and again to approach a problem, even when that strategy is ineffective or harmful.

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Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

Social Work Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

It is one thing to share your own experience living with mental illness, but to suggest that mental illness is not real or should be dealt with without the guidance of a trained professional can be harmful. My concern is not unwarranted. People who need help should turn to trusted sources.

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DATAMIND-MQ Epidemiological Methods Workshop One Researcher’s First Experience

MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

My current research is on a novel machine learning algorithm aimed at identifying self-harm-related features or symptoms from the SAIL databank. Looking ahead, my research aims to explore the profound impact of sexual assaults on mental health, self-harm, and suicide among females.

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There’s far too many of you dying: Why are more Black kids suicidal?

inSocialWork

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Show Notes Episode Transcript Download Please reach out and call the national Suicide Crisis & Lifeline at 988 if you are considering self-harm. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Venkataramani, A.S., Williams, D.R., link] Sheftall, A.H., Lindsey, M.A., Bridge, J.A. 61 (5), 662–675.

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Members in the News – August 4, 2023

Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 4, 2023

We make harmful assumptions that can lead to weight stigma or lead us to encourage someone to continue their restrictive eating and overexercise.” I think we do need to move away from focusing on appearance as a measure of fitness and health,” said Hemendinger. “We

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5). Frequent thoughts of self-harm or suicide. Self-care also involves avoiding alcohol, drugs, and prescription drug misuse.

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Can prisoners with mental health problems benefit from psychological therapy? Yes, but health and justice need to be closer friends.

Society of Clinical Psychology

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Moreover, they are far more likely to die by suicide, to harm themselves and others in prison and to commit another crime on release. Prisons are hostile and often unsafe places, with high levels of violence and self-harm. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40 (3), 272-276. JAMA Psychiatry, 71 (6), 706-715.

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Identifying Mechanisms of Change in Clinical Supervision

Society of Clinical Psychology

DECEMBER 4, 2018

T was fostering a sense of connection with others while simultaneously building self-confidence. Robbins is an assistant professor and licensed psychologist with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Protecting adolescents from self-harm: a critical review of intervention studies.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Dr Christian Keeling, Associate Professor of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Since 1 in 5 people experience depression in their lifetime, MQ funded the IDEA project to better understand how depression develops in young people.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Dr Christian Keeling, Associate Professor of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Since 1 in 5 people experience depression in their lifetime, MQ funded the IDEA project to better understand how depression develops in young people.

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Mental Health Government Interventional Depression

Effects of Social and Clinical Characteristics on Alzheimer’s Disease Stigma: A Narrative Review for Clinicians Talking with Patients and Families

Society of Clinical Psychology

JANUARY 30, 2024

to 54.6]), most self-identified as White (77.9% [95%CI, 75.9 We focus on self-identification as it demarcates individuals who view that being an Alzheimer’s disease caregiver is an aspect of their personal identity. In the sample of 1,817, the mean age was 46 years (95%CI, 46 to 47), which is two years younger than the mean of the U.S.

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Sex differences in mental health among autistic young adults

MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The study considered different levels of psychiatric care including diagnoses as well as hospitalizations for 11 psychiatric disorders including depression , anxiety , sleep, eating disorders and self-harm. You can read the paper published in JAMA Psychiatry here. .

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Why don’t people receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments after self-harm?

Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

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Teen Cutting

Four ways MQ is helping to prevent suicide

Synthesizing Findings on Cognitive Flexibility and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

DATAMIND-MQ Epidemiological Methods Workshop One Researcher’s First Experience

There’s far too many of you dying: Why are more Black kids suicidal?

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Can prisoners with mental health problems benefit from psychological therapy? Yes, but health and justice need to be closer friends.

Identifying Mechanisms of Change in Clinical Supervision

What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

Effects of Social and Clinical Characteristics on Alzheimer’s Disease Stigma: A Narrative Review for Clinicians Talking with Patients and Families

Sex differences in mental health among autistic young adults

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