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Overarching aim
To develop and evaluate a new therapeutic approach with individuals who repeatedly self-harm. To ensure the therapy is deliverable in the NHS without a major programme of training and implementation, we will modify existing therapies rather than develop an entirely new therapy. The intervention will target factors leading to repeated self-harm as well as associated psychological problems, aiming to improve quality of life and minimize damaging episodes of self-harm. The main modifications will focus on the assessment of positive as well as negative functions of repeated self-harm for the individual, coupled with therapeutic help in, for example, finding functionally-equivalent but less damaging ways of meeting personal needs.
Objectives
Professor Allan House – University of Leeds
Professor Elspeth Guthrie – University of Leeds
Dr Cathy Brennan – University of Leeds
Prof Louise Bryant – University of Leeds
Dr Dean McMillan – University of York
Dr Christopher Graham – Queen’s University Belfast
Professor Amanda Farrin – University of Leeds
Ms Alexandra Wright-Hughes – University of Leeds
Professor Chris Bojke – University of Leeds
Ms Suzanne Hartley – University of Leeds
Miss Satveer Nijjar – Attention Seekers?
If you would like further information on the project please contact Prof Else Guthrie or Dr Cathy Brennan.