June 2009: Self-harm: Non-suicidal self-injury

In this telephone interview, Dr David Klonsky discusses self-harm; non-suicidal self-injury, outlining what we mean by self-harm, its prevalence and discussing ways of making an assessment and assessing severity.

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Audio running time: 11:18

 

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Learning outcomes

 

By the end of this podcast we hope you will be able to:

 

  • provide a definition of self-harm

  • understand the limitations facing the assessment of self-harm and assessment of severity

  • be familiar with the level of treatment available for self-harm and the evidence associated with a reduction in self-injury

  • be aware of the major developments in this area that will help our understanding of self-harm in the future.

 

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If you like this podcast, you may also be interested in the following:

 

Assessment of suicide ideation, risk of suicide and self-harm by Dr Matthew Nock

 

Self-harm by Dr Robert Young

 

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