Edinburgh I had a really productive day in Edinburgh on Friday (was better than a day at work anyway!). I attended the Scottish Self-Harm Forum meeting (which I was invited to by a LifeSIGNS member). It is a forum set up in association with Penumbra (a leading Scottish mental health charity). Although not many people […]
Males as likely to SI as females – new research I’m pleased to bring you research that will be published on Monday, (yes, I was able to get my hands on it early) that shows that we should not assume that females are more likely to self-injure, as stated by numerous tradional reports. Trigger Warning […]
Males as likely to SI as females – new research I’m pleased to bring you research that will be published on Monday, (yes, I was able to get my hands on it early) that shows that we should not assume that females are more likely to self-injure, as stated by numerous tradional reports. Trigger Warning […]
‘Love it!’ MagazineI’ve just responded to a journalist who is writing an SI feature for ‘Love it!’ magazine that will probably be published next week.I answered her questions in good deal of details, but of course I don’t know how much of the email interview they will choose to use, but it will be great […]
‘Love it!’ MagazineI’ve just responded to a journalist who is writing an SI feature for ‘Love it!’ magazine that will probably be published next week.I answered her questions in good deal of details, but of course I don’t know how much of the email interview they will choose to use, but it will be great […]
DoctorsI’ve just delivered some SI Awareness training to an NHS teaching hospital, but instead of my usual audience of trainee doctors, I was in front of 30+ real doctors, or ‘F2’s (whatever that means!).I don’t feel I performed as well I would have liked, but I know they liked our new Leaflet, as they asked […]
DoctorsI’ve just delivered some SI Awareness training to an NHS teaching hospital, but instead of my usual audience of trainee doctors, I was in front of 30+ real doctors, or ‘F2’s (whatever that means!).I don’t feel I performed as well I would have liked, but I know they liked our new Leaflet, as they asked […]
An Article on the Elderly, an even more secret affliction?http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1147472006 It is nice to finally see an article dedicated to talking about self-injury in people that aren’t teenagers or in their twenties. After the repetitiveness of recent statistic laden, young person focused articles in the news, this article feels, finally, like something new. Of course, […]
An Article on the Elderly, an even more secret affliction?http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1147472006 It is nice to finally see an article dedicated to talking about self-injury in people that aren’t teenagers or in their twenties. After the repetitiveness of recent statistic laden, young person focused articles in the news, this article feels, finally, like something new. Of course, […]
Ride On: Poetry by young women with experience of self-injury Bristol Crisis Service for Women has teamed up with local writer and performer, Claire Williamson, and Bristol based organisation, Poetry Can, to produce a booklet of poetry written for and by young women with experience of self injury. Free A limited number of copies are […]
Ride On: Poetry by young women with experience of self-injury Bristol Crisis Service for Women has teamed up with local writer and performer, Claire Williamson, and Bristol based organisation, Poetry Can, to produce a booklet of poetry written for and by young women with experience of self injury. Free A limited number of copies are […]
Recent Media Interest in self-InjuryYesterday there were several reports of the following in various newspapers:http://www.itv.com/news/britain_64db340cd3f25e36518f3c4dd74697d5.htmlI am slightly confused as to why these “shocking” statistics have suddenly been revealed. I read the book “By their own Hand” a while back (see my brief review in the Book Review section on the LifeSIGNS site), and have been […]
