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Table 2 Nature of interventions for self-harm. Number of patient reporting experience of an intervention, on at least one occasion in their lifetime.

From: Appropriate interventions for the prevention and management of self-harm: a qualitative exploration of service-users' views

Intervention (formal/informal)

N reporting experience of intervention

General hospital admission

14

Accident and Emergency

14

G P

13

Family member

9

Friend

8

Specialist psychiatric admission

5

Counsellor

5

Social/Support worker

5

Community psychiatric nurse (CPN)

4

Alcohol Counsellor

4

Samaritans

3

Support group

2

Sheltered housing warden

2

Dialectical behaviour therapy

2

Cognitive behaviour therapy

1

Psychodynamic therapy

1

  1. N>14 as most patients had experienced multiple interventions