Staff training on self-harm not adequate among schools finds a new study. It was found that only 53 percent of schools had received staff training on self-harm.
In a survey-based study of 153 secondary schools in England and Wales, staff stated that adolescent self-harm is a significant concern, but emotional health and wellbeing is the primary health priority for schools. In the Child & Adolescent Mental Health study, counseling was seen as the most useful school-based provision to respond to adolescent self-harm.
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‘Lack of time, lack of resources, lack of staff training and time, and fear of encouraging self-harm amongst adolescents have been found to be the major, that need to addressed to stop adolescent self-harm in schools.’
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Only 53 percent of schools had received staff training on self-harm, with only 22 percent of these schools rating the adequacy of training as high.
Key barriers to addressing adolescent self-harm in schools were lack of time, lack of resources, lack of staff training and time, and fear of encouraging self-harm amongst adolescents.
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Self-harming among teenage girls have doubled in England compared to boys due to the stress of school work and impact of social media.
"Adolescent self-harm is a major concern in the UK, and our study reports the extent to which schools are involved in managing incidents of disclosure or detection. Rather worryingly, school staff are not yet receiving comprehensive training to support students. We need to do more to address this, particularly given some schools' fear of encouraging students to engage in self-harming practices," said lead author Dr. Rhiannon Evans, of Cardiff University, in the UK. "There are also positive findings from the study, however, not least the extent to which schools see themselves as an appropriate site to provide prevention and intervention activities."
Source: Eurekalert
Self-harm Cases Double Among Teenage Girls in UK
Self-harming among teenage girls have doubled in England compared to boys due to the stress of school work and impact of social media.
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"Adolescent self-harm is a major concern in the UK, and our study reports the extent to which schools are involved in managing incidents of disclosure or detection. Rather worryingly, school staff are not yet receiving comprehensive training to support students. We need to do more to address this, particularly given some schools' fear of encouraging students to engage in self-harming practices," said lead author Dr. Rhiannon Evans, of Cardiff University, in the UK. "There are also positive findings from the study, however, not least the extent to which schools see themselves as an appropriate site to provide prevention and intervention activities."
Source: Eurekalert
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