Community Outpatient Psychotherapy Engagement Service for Self-harm (COPESS): a feasibility trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People who self-harm are at high risk for future suicide and often suffer considerable emotional distress. Depression is common among people who self-harm and may be an underlying driver of self-harm behaviour. Self-harm is often repeated, and risk of repetition is highest immediately after an act of self-harm. Readily accessible brief talking therapies show promise in helping people who self-harm, but further evaluation of these approaches is needed. A brief talking therapy intervention for depression and self-harm has been designed for use in a community setting. This mixed methods feasibility study with repeated measures will examine the feasibility and acceptability of the Community Outpatient Psychological Engagement Service for Self-Harm (COPESS) for people with se

SUBMITTER: Saini P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8390538 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature