How do professionals and non-professionals respond to non-suicidal self-injury? Lived experiences of psychiatric outpatients in Singapore

Abstract Background For young people who engage in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), receiving negative responses to their NSSI can pose a barrier to future help-seeking. This qualitative study aimed to explore helpful and unhelpful ways in which professionals and non-professionals respond to NSSI, f...

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Main Authors: Rachel Hsiao Shen Tan, Shazana Shahwan, Yunjue Zhang, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Say How Ong, Mythily Subramaniam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:BMC Psychology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01512-9