... adverse and biomedical discourse which positions self-harm as a “symptom” of a diagnosed mental illness, most often borderline personality disorder. Findings This has led to the development of largely unhelpful strategies to eliminate self-harm, often in the absence of real therapeutic engagement...

... Mental Illness to help set up LEAP. We wanted LEAP to engage with REFOCUS in a way that could offer a critical perspective within constructive dialogue; This later became formulated as the “critical friend” approach (LEAP Chair). Initially, the plan to set up a LEAP seemed quite straightforward...