NICE report on self-harm

There's been a flurry of media interest in self-harm coming up to the publication of the NICE report which will be published tomorrow. Amongst several items I came across are several articles and a leader in the Independent and an item on The World Tonight on Radio 4 this evening discussing the problem. This media attention will doubtless raise awareness of this relatively common problem, and, hopefully lead to more sympathetic and supportive care of people who self-harm in medical services such as A&E. But I wonder if some of the media coverage is less helpful, tending to glamorise the problem or to use shock tactics to draw the reader in.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see what the NICE report has to say - I'll write about this once it's out, and would be interested in readers comments.

For more self harm resources, including books and website, have a look at my earlier post on this subject.