Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2009) 15: 434-441. doi: 10.1192/apt.bp.107.005348
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Self-harm in adolescents{dagger}

Alison Wood

Alison Wood has worked as a consultant in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) for 13 years, 7 of those in Tier 4 services providing in-patient and out-patient/outreach care in partnership with Tier 3 CAMHS for young people with severe mental health disorders. Dr Wood has been actively involved in research of both self-harm and depression.

Correspondence: Correspondence Dr Alison Wood, Pine Lodge Young People’s Centre, 79 Liverpool Road, Chester CH2 1AW, UK. Email: alisonwood{at}clara.co.uk

Self-harm in adolescents is common and is increasing. It can present to professionals as a symptom of major mental health disturbance or it can form part of a cultural ‘norm’. This article reviews current knowledge about self-harm in 12- to 18-year-olds. Definitions of self-harming behaviour, epidemiological and aetiological factors, risk assessment and management of self-harming in various settings are discussed in terms of pragmatic clinical approaches and evidence-based practice.


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