Participant Follow Up Completed!

We are excited to announce that FReSH START has reached another significant milestone. Having completed recruitment to the randomised clinical trial in April last year, the period for participant follow up has now ended and we have completed follow up with around three-quarters of participants. This is a significant achievement, and we want to extend a massive thank you to everyone who has been involved in FReSH START, particularly to our Lived Experience group and to the clinicians, mental health workers, researchers and other staff at our recruiting NHS sites for all their hard work and support!

The aim of FReSH START is to develop and test a therapy intervention for adults who self-harm that can be delivered by mental health workers. By completing follow up, we are one step closer to finding out whether this therapy intervention works to improve the quality of life for people who self-harm. There is a great deal of behind the scenes work that is going on at the moment and many people are eagerly awaiting the results of this important study. Findings will be shared in April 2027.