Suicide and Self-Harm: Increasing Engagement

“Explore current thinking on suicide and self-harming behaviours and consider the implications for practice”

Suicide and Self-Harm continues to be of major concern for health care professionals, often because the associated behaviours are in such conflict with the principles and motivations associated with being a healthcare practitioner.

During this workshop, you’ll explore the challenge of dealing with the confliction of preserving life and preventing harm, when faced with intentional death or high risk behaviour.

Workshop Content
You will:

• Explore current thinking on suicide and self-harming behaviours and the implications for practice
• Consider what research into service users’ experience tells us about what is helpful
• Explore some of the myths relating to suicide and self-harm
• Explore what works from both professional and service users’ perspective