@article{ref1,
title="'In two minds' - socially motivated self-harm is perceived as less serious than internally motivated: A qualitative study of youth justice staff",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2013",
author="Knowles, Sarah and Townsend, Ellen and Anderson, Martin",
volume="18",
number="9",
pages="1187-1198",
abstract="Community-based young offenders are at high risk of self-harm and unlikely to be in contact with mental health services. Semi-structured interviews with community youth justice staff and a content analysis of 50 records of self-harm not only revealed staff concerns about the impact of stigma on disclosure and service use, but also found dismissive attitudes towards socially motivated self-harm, which was equated with lower suicide risk and less emotional distress. Efforts to improve identification of self-harm will need to address the perceived - and false - distinction between 'genuine' and socially motivated self-harm.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105312459874",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105312459874"
}