Utilization and Acceptability of Formal and Informal Support for Adolescents Following Self-Harm Before and During the First COVID-19 Lockdown: Results From a Large-Scale English Schools Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the perceived acceptability and usefulness of supports that adolescents have accessed following self-harm, especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aims

To examine the utilization and acceptability of formal, informal, and online support accessed by adolescents following self-harm before and during the pandemic.

Method

Cross-sectional survey (OxWell) of 10,560 secondary school students aged 12-18 years in the south of England. Information on self-harm, support(s) accessed after self-harm, and satisfaction with support received were obtained via a structured, self-report questionnaire. No tests for significance were conducted.

Results

1,457 (12.5%) students reported having ever self-harmed and 789 (6.7%) report

SUBMITTER: Geulayov G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9263724 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature