Self-harm in young people: A public health issue

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Hackney
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Self Harm

scholarly journals Clinical pathways for suicidality in emergency settings: a public health priority

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kay Wilhelm ◽  
Viola Korczak ◽  
Tad Tietze ◽  
Prasuna Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Standard Treatment ◽  
Clinical Pathways ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Treatment Pathways ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Psychiatric Conditions ◽  
The Difference

Rates of self-harm in Australia are increasing and constitute a concerning public health issue. Although there are standard treatment pathways for physical complaints, such as headache, abdominal pain and chest pain, in Emergency Medicine, there is no national pathway for self-harm or other psychiatric conditions that present to the emergency department. Herein we outline the difference between clinical practice guidelines and clinical pathways, discuss pathways we have identified on self-harm in Australia and overseas and discuss their applicability to the Australian context and the next steps forward in addressing this public health issue.

scholarly journals Policy addressing suicidality in children and young people: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. e023153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Gilmour ◽  
Edward Duncan ◽  
Margaret Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Mesh Terms

IntroductionSuicide is one of the leading causes of death among children and young people globally and a major public health issue. Government policies determine how much recognised health issues are prioritised and set the context for investment, development and delivery of services. A review of policies concerning children and young people who are suicidal could shed light on the extent that this public health issue is prioritised and highlight examples of best practice in this area. There has never been a review to explore how policy worldwide addresses the specific needs of this vulnerable population. This review will map the key policy documents and identify their relevance to the review question: how does policy address the treatment and care of children and young people who experience suicidality? (international, national (UK) and local (Scotland)).MethodologyEmploying scoping review methodological guidance a systematic and transparent approach will be taken. Preliminary searches will facilitate the identification of MeSh terms, subject headings, individual database and platform nuances. A full search strategy will be created to search five databases: CINAHL, PsychInfo, Medline, Web of Science and Cochrane. Government and other key agency websites (eg, WHO, Unicef) will be searched to identify policy documents. The reference lists of identified documents will be checked. A second reviewer will independently screen and cross validate eligible studies for final inclusion. A data extraction template will then be used to extract key information. We will report our findings using narrative synthesis and tabulate findings, by agreed key components.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval is not required to conduct a scoping review. We will disseminate the findings through a peer-reviewed publication and conference presentation.

scholarly journals Prognostic evaluation of suicidality and development of risk factors in victims of physical and emotional child abuse and emotional/psychological neglect

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S273-S273
Author(s):  
Latif Miah
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
The Impact

AimsTo evaluate the effects of childhood maltreatment, specifically physical and emotional abuse and emotional/psychological neglect on the development of suicidal ideation, depressive symptoms and self-harm. It is hypothesised that there will be a strong causal link between the aforementioned types of maltreatment with suicidality, depression and self-harm.BackgroundChild abuse is a major public health issue with profound developmental and mental health consequences towards victims and their contributions to society as a whole. The impact of sexual abuse is well-established, however non-sexual child maltreatment and its sequelae are not as well understood or studied.MethodA literature search was carried out using the Pubmed, Cochrane, Scopus and Google Scholar databases. Articles were appraised according to set criteria and manually screened for relevance to the review.ResultThe results of this review demonstrate that there are statistically significant, potentially causal links between emotional and physical abuse, and emotional/psychological neglect with suicidal ideation, depressive symptoms and self-harm. More research is still required to elucidate the role of polyvictimisation in mental health outcomes and to further confirm these links between abuse and development.ConclusionChild maltreatment remains a large public health issue with major impact on the economy of the world. It has profound, potentially lifelong consequences on victims and is something that needs to lose its stigma so that it can be identified earlier and potential damage prevented as far as possible. The future may lie in working to remove the stigma surrounding it, standardise how it is studied and thus learn to recognise the signs earlier – ideally leading to implementation of policy to get victims to safety, preventing unncecessary harm.

scholarly journals Pesticide poisoning in nonfatal, deliberate self-harm: A public health issue

2007 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
AN Chowdhary ◽  
Sohini Banerjee ◽  
Arabinda Brahma ◽  
MK Biswas
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Pesticide Poisoning ◽  
Deliberate Self Harm ◽  
Self Harm

scholarly journals Perinatal self-harm: an overlooked public health issue

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. e125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karyn Ayre ◽  
Rina Dutta ◽  
Louise Michelle Howard
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Self Harm

Identifying changes in trends in the age standardized incidence of melanoma in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M Hille
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Iterative Process ◽  
Linear Trend ◽  
Piecewise Linear ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Piecewise Linear Regression ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Males And Females

ObjectiveTo identify changes in the linear trend of the age-standardized incidence of melanoma in Australia for all persons, males, and females. MethodsA two-piece piecewise linear regression was fitted to the data. The piecewise breakpoint varied through an iterative process to determine the model that best fits the data.ResultsStatistically significant changes in the trendof the age-standardized incidence of melanoma in Australia were found for all persons, males, and females. The optimal breakpoint for all persons and males was at 1998. For females, the optimal breakpoint was at 2005. The trend after these breakpoints was flatter than prior to the breakpoints, but still positive.ConclusionMelanoma is a significant public health issue in Australia. Overall incidence continues to increase. However, the rate at which the incidence is increasing appears to be decreasing.

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