TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Keeping COVID out: a collaborative approach to COVID-19 is associated with a significant reduction in self-harm in young people in custody
JO  - Australasian psychiatry
A1  - Kasinathan, John
A1  - Haysom, Leigh
A1  - Andriotis, Helen
A1  - Wheaton, Mike
A1  - Lloyd, Trisha
A1  - Langstaff, Rohan
A1  - McClelland, Renee
A1  - Whiting, Nick
A1  - Southgate, Steven
A1  - Vita, Michael
A1  - McGrath, Colette
A1  - Palmai, Marlene
A1  - Armstrong, Christine
A1  - O'Donovan, Connie
A1  - Oyan, Marcus
A1  - Woodward, Jenny
A1  - Wilson, Cindy
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To describe the collaboration between Youth Justice New South Wales (YJNSW) and Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (JHFMHN) during the early COVID-19 Response (CR) across the six Youth Justice centres in NSW, and the reduced incidence of self-harm noted over this period. <br><br>METHODS: Narrative article with analysis of self-harm incident data during the initial CR period of March to May 2020, compared to the same period in 2019. <br><br>RESULTS: During the initial CR period (March to May 2020), there was a highly significant, four-fold reduction in self-harming incidents recorded by both YJNSW and JHFMHN compared with the equivalent time period in 2019 (p <.00001). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The greater than four-fold reduction in self-harm by young people during the early CR may relate to the 'interagency response', with an increase in positive interactions between staff, and between staff and young people. The reduction in self-harm and improvements in mental health will be further explored through standardised interviews with the young people and staff.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1039-8562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562211006125
ID  - ref1
ER  -