The potential of general practice to support young people who self-harm: a narrative review.
BJGP Open
; 6(1)2022 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-35135818
ABSTRACT
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.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.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.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.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.
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