TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The potential of general practice to support young people who self-harm: a narrative review
JO  - BJGP open
A1  - Mughal, Faraz
A1  - Dikomitis, Lisa
A1  - Babatunde, Opeyemi O.
A1  - Chew-Graham, Carolyn A.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - BACKGROUND: Self-harm in young people is a growing public health concern. Young people commonly present to their GP for help with self-harm, and thus general practice may be a key setting to support young people who have self-harmed. <br><br>AIM: To examine the potential of general practice to support young people aged 10-25 years who have harmed themselves. DESIGN & SETTING: A narrative review of published and grey literature. <br><br>METHOD: The Scale for the Assessment of Narrative Review Articles (SANRA) was used to guide a narrative review to examine the potential of general practice to support young people who have self-harmed. The evidence is presented textually. <br><br>RESULTS: The included evidence showed that GPs have a key role in supporting young people, and they sometimes relied on gut feeling when handling uncertainty on how to help young people who had self-harmed. Young people described the importance of initial clinician responses after disclosing self-harm, and if they were perceived to be negative, the self-harm could become worse. <br><br>CONCLUSION: In context of the evidence included, this review found that general practice is a key setting for the identification and management of self-harm in young people; but improvements are needed to enhance general practice care for young people to fulfil its potential.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2398-3795
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0159
ID  - ref1
ER  -