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Training and supervision of deliberate self-harm assessments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor*
Affiliation:
Community Health Sheffield, Whiteley Wood Clinic, Woofindin Road, Sheffield S10 3TL
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Over a decade has now elapsed since the last national guidelines from Government health departments about the management of deliberate self-harm, although the scale of the problem has remained unchanged. Three years ago the Royal College of Psychiatrists issued a consensus statement which set standards for suitability of staff, particularly with regard to training, experience and supervision, the available facilities for assessment, the range of appropriate management options, communication of these and management of services. This postal questionnaire study in one health region of England of all senior house officers and registrars working in psychiatry found that levels of training and supervision varied widely and often fell below those suggested.

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Trainees' forum
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 8 , August 1998 , pp. 510 - 512
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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