Emergency care for young people after self-harm: a realist review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In England, increasing numbers of young people seek help from emergency healthcare services, such as ambulances and emergency departments, after they self-harm. One contributing factor is a lack of meaningful and available community-based alternative sources of support for self-harm. It is not clear what helps young people in this context, how or why. This research aims to understand which resources are available in the emergency setting for young people (aged ≤25 years) who self-harm in England, and how and why they produce their intended and unintended effects.

Methods and analysis

A realist review is a theory-driven interpretive approach to evidence synthesis. It provides realist logic of inquiry to produce an explanatory analysis of how and why resources wor

SUBMITTER: Romeu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911665 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature