Common Elements in Treatments for Youth Suicide Attempts and Self-harm

Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.25001
TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this podcast explores themes around the topics of self-harm and suicide.

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Jocelyn Meza discusses her co-authored JCPP paper ‘Practitioner Review: Common elements in treatments for youth suicide attempts and self-harm – a practitioner review based on review of treatment elements associated with intervention benefits’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13780). Jocelyn is the lead author.
There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.
Discussion points include:

• The best way to talk about suicide and self-harm in a sensitive and non-stigmatising way.
• The motivation behind the practitioner review and the methodological challenges faced.
• Suicide and self-harm as a global issue and the international differences.
• How to apply the findings as a child and adolescent mental health professional and/or as a practitioner.
• The research implications of the findings, and the message for parents/carers, and teachers.

In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.