Supporting people who present to the emergency department following self-harm – experience from Ireland's National Clinical Programme

Author(s):
Professor Anne Doherty, Dr Anne Jeffers, Dr Katarina Kavalidou, Dr Eve Griffin

Duration:
75 minutes

Credits:
1.25

Published:
June 2022

Type:
Congress webinar

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In 2014 the Republic of Ireland commenced a National Clinical Programme in order to standardize response to people who present to the Emergency Department following Self-Harm. The programme funded staff to implement a Model of Care. This provides all who present following self-harm with an empathic, validating response; all receive a biopsychosocial assessment from a mental health professional; every effort is made to involve a family member or supportive friend in assessment and safety planning and all receive follow up and linkage to next care. This session outlines 7 years experience of the clinical programme, including the reason for introducing it and the impact it has had. It presents national data from a self-harm registry along with clinical data and finally describes the use of implementation science to identify the factors associated with success of the programme.

Chair: Professor Anne Doherty, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, UCD School of Medicine, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Head of Courses and E-Learning, College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, Editor in Chief, Books Programme, Royal College of Psychiatrists

A national clinical programme for self-harm in the Republic of Ireland - why it was introduced and how it has impacted - Dr Anne Jeffers MB MRCPsych FCpsychI MBA, National Clinical Lead for Self-Harm Clinical Programme 2017- 2021

Presentations following self-harm or with suicide related ideation - clinical data from Republic of Ireland emergency departments 2018 -2021 - Dr Katarina Kavalidou MMSc PhD

Evaluation of the impact and implementation of a national clinical programme for the management of self- harm in hospital emergency departments - Dr Eve Griffin BA PhD, Research Fellow, School of Public Health, University College Cork, National Suicide Research Foundation

 

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