Self-harm: from risk management to relational and recovery-oriented care

@article{Morrissey2018SelfharmFR,
  title={Self-harm: from risk management to relational and recovery-oriented care},
  author={Jean Morrissey and Louise Doyle and Agnes Higgins},
  journal={The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice},
  year={2018},
  volume={13},
  pages={34-43}
}
Purpose This paper aims to examine the discourses that shape nurses’ understanding of self-harm and explores strategies for working with people who self-harm within a relational and a recovery orientated manner. Design/methodology/approach Self-harm is a relatively common experience for a cohort of people who present to the mental health services and is, therefore, a phenomenon that mental health nurses will be familiar with. Traditionally, however mental health nurses’ responses to people who… 
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