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  • Welcome
    Everybody should sign-in and let us know a little about their background - so we can say 'hi' in return.
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    on Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:48 am
  • Our approach to self-injury and self-harm
    We define self-injury within the larger umbrella definition of self-harm. Find out why.
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  • Our Training / Conferences
    FirstSigns has been delivering training for many years now, and we travel to whole country to do so. We enjoy speaking at conferences, and run our own every so often too.
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  • Self-harm
    Self-harm includes a wide variety of behaviours, and we must not assume we know what a person means if they disclose that they 'self-harm'. Let's talk about the associated behaviours and emotional drivers behind SH.
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  • Self-injury
    Self-injury is quite a specific definition within the wider realm of 'self-harm'. Let's talk about how self-injury is relied on as a coping mechanism and what the emotional drivers behind SI can be.
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  • Counselling
    A 'therapeutic relationship' can be important for any kind of therapy, but none more so than within counselling. Let's discuss our success and thoughts surrounding the various counselling styles.
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  • CBT / DBT
    While no singular approach to self-injury or self-harm has created statistical success rates, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, within Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has created a stir with some promising results.
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  • Psychiatry
    Should all Psychiatrists also be Psychologists?!? Let's talk about the biological basis of medicine, and how to consider self-harm as an indicator of mental disorders.
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  • Medication
    Drugs do not provide magickal relief from disorders or emotional turmoil, but drug therapies can have marked results for some people in some situations.
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  • NHS
    Nurses and doctors are on the front-line when one considers A&E departments. What do we think about the implementation of the NICE Guidelines?
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  • Private Sector
    Residential care? Private health? Often we see long-term self-harm in long-term clients.
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  • Schools
    Secondary schools may wish to claim that self-harm doesn't exist in their schools, just like they swept bullying under the carpet twenty years ago. It is wise that PSE / PSH classes consider emotional wellbeing and self-harm / self-injury. We can help!
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  • Universities
    Students are fantastic activists and advocates! Nightline anybody?
    The educational and financial strain can lead a young adult to self-injury.
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