TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - 'In two minds' - socially motivated self-harm is perceived as less serious than internally motivated: A qualitative study of youth justice staff
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - Knowles, Sarah
A1  - Townsend, Ellen
A1  - Anderson, Martin
SP  - 1187
EP  - 1198
VL  - 18
IS  - 9
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105312459874
ID  - ref1
ER  -