Now in its fourth year, the annual conference, which is aimed at healthcare professionals, social care and education providers, parents, carers, policy makers and influencers was created as a way to increase awareness and understanding around self-harm and is held every year to coincide with self-injury awareness day.
The conference follows on from self-harm figures that St Patrick’s Mental Health Services and Pieta House drew attention to earlier in the week, highlighting the current landscape of self-harm in Ireland, particularly among young people.
For the first time, the conference also explored self-harm in the LGBTI+ community – where rates of self-harm are twice as high as non-LGBTI+, with Monnine Griffith, BeLonG To Executive Director, delivering a presentation on how youth work reduces rates of self-harm among LGBTI+ young people.
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Self-harm and suicide in young people: Risk and protective factors, and evidence-based interventions
Professor Ella Arensman, Chief Scientist with the National Suicide Research Foundation, Ireland and Research Professor with the School of Public Health, University College Cork.
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Self-harm in Ireland: Priority groups and opportunities for intervention
Dr Eve Griffin, Research Fellow, National Suicide Research Foundation, and Manager, National Self-Harm Registry Ireland.
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Self-harm: A single construct?
Richard Booth, Director of Psychology, St Patrick’s Mental Health Services
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A practical guide for parents, carers and educators of young people who self-harm
Siobhán Leijen, Centre Manager, Pieta Midland.
Sinead Raftery, Clinical Manager, Pieta House West and Ballina Outreach Service.
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Innovation in understanding and responding to selfharm: The Card Sort Task for self-harm
Ellen Townsend, Professor of Psychology at University of Nottingham and Lead of the Self-Harm Research Group (SHRG)
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How youth work reduces rates of self-harm among LGBT+ young people
Moninne Griffith, BeLonG To Executive Director.