... difficulties were common, including self-harm (59.4%) and suicidal ideation or attempts (52.2%). Neurodevelopmental conditions, particularly attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder and learning difficulties, were also prominent. Offending behaviour was diverse, with violent offences...

...Leanne Tomlinson; Adam Mahoney Purpose Interpersonal trauma and self-harm are highly prevalent for women in custody. Compassion-focussed therapy ( CFT ) has previously demonstrated some efficacy and acceptability in these areas but not with a highly complex population. This study aims to design...

...Lauren Nixon; Gemma Goldie-Chaplin Purpose Improving prison safety by reducing self-harm and suicidal behaviour remains a government priority (Ministry of Justice, 2021). This involves developing a better understanding of the relationship between prison environments, self-harm/suicidal behaviour...

...Laura Khalil; Joao Da Silva Guerreiro Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the current state of the literature on the variables associated with self-harm and aggression in women who committed a criminal offence. Design/methodology/approach Studies were identified through online...

.... The Independent Advisory Panel (2018) found that trauma and separation from their children were the two most commonly cited factors for the risk of self-harm and suicide for women in prison. Griffiths et al. (2020) discussed how the separation from a child is a traumatic event in itself, alongside...

...Alexander Challinor; Kathryn Naylor; Patrick Verstreken Purpose Self-harm, including death from suicide, remains a significant public health challenge. The prison population is known to be a high-risk group for self-harm and suicide. The purpose of this study is to explore the trends...

...-injurious behaviour and effective treatment of it. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Incidents self-injury Forensic psychiatry Aggression Suicide Self-harm Gender Future research, aimed at disentangling the relationship between...

... and stigmatisation (Fenge et al., 2014). © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Criminal justice system Self-harm Suicide Suicide prevention Staff perspectives Suicide policies Suicide, a self-inflicted behaviour with the intent...

...Alessandra Girardi; Elanor Lucy Webb; Ashimesh Roychowdhury Purpose Self-harm is a cause of concern for health-care professionals. The Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) is a short-term assessment instrument used to rate the likelihood of risk behaviours, including self-harm...

... is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: snowden@cardiff.ac.uk 19 06 2019 20 08 2019 22 08 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Self-harm Violence Risk management Suicide Homicide Formulation Safety...

...Rebecca Hargate; Sharon Howden; Emma Tarpey; Tammi Walker Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of both staff and patients in a medium-secure mental health unit of the self-harm and/or suicidal behaviour of others. Suicide and self-harm is highly prevalent in forensic...

... Command hallucination Deaf Self-harm This paper considers the experience of command hallucinations (CHs) in D/deaf persons. It is important to note, however, that there is considerable linguistic diversity among D/deaf persons. Some D/deaf people are oral, while others use sign language(s). Some...

... the study. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Animal-assisted therapy Dogs Human-animal interaction Offender perspectives Prison-based animal programmes Self-harm For thousands of years, humans have forged relationships with animals for practical and recreational purposes...

...Chris Beeley; Jaydip Sarkar Purpose – An algorithmic approach to managing self-harm has been introduced within a women's enhanced medium secure. This paper explores the experiences and perspectives of nursing staff using the model. Design/methodology/approach – Purposive sampling was used...

... outcomes include environmental disruption and emotional impact on staff (Gallagher and Sheldon, 2010). To inform effective assessment and management of deliberate self‐injury, increased understanding of the function that deliberate self‐injury serves is valuable. Self‐harm Dangerous and severe...

.../373 (49.3 per cent) patients were recorded (68.2 per cent other‐directed aggression, 31.8 per cent self‐harm). Most incidents occurred in the medium secure wards but more than half of the most severely rated self‐harm incidents occurred in low security. Men were disproportionately involved...

... Learning disabilities Forensic services Self‐harm Physical intervention Considering the relatively large amount of published literature and personal accounts detailing women's experiences of residential psychiatric services in the UK and USA (see e.g. Pembroke, 1996), the scarcity of work which...

...Vidyah Adamson; Louise Braham Purpose There is a dearth of research exploring pathways to episodes of deliberate self‐harm (DSH) within mentally ill men in high‐secure hospitals. This study aims to explore pathway(s) to episodes of self‐harm experienced by this group over the course of their life...

...Jen Gallagher; Kerry Sheldon The three aims of the study reported were to investigate the functions of self‐harm in a population of patients detained in the Peaks Unit at Rampton hospital, to investigate the context and nature of this behaviour and to examine how staff respond to incidents of self...