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NICE Underpinning Review
People who self-harm or engage in suicidal behaviour are often in distress and may benefit from effective psychological or psychosocial support to help reduce distress and repeat selfharm or suicide in the future. There is often limited availability of psychological and psychosocial interventions targeted for this group of people and they may be excluded from generic psychological therapy services. Determining which interventions are effective for children and young people and for adults is therefore important so that evidence-based psychological and psychosocial interventions can be commissioned and offered. The aim of this review is to find out what psychological and psychosocial interventions are effective for people who have self-harmed.
The evidence from this review supports recommendations 1.11.1 to 1.11.10 under recommendation 1.11 Interventions for self-harm.
The following recommendation for research is also based on this evidence review: 4. What is the effectiveness of specific psychological interventions including digital compared with face-to-face (technology use) in different populations and settings?