Dr Caroline Clements is a Research Fellow, Project Lead on the Manchester Self-Harm Project based at the University of Manchester, and co-investigator on the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England. Caroline has over 15 years' experience of working in self-harm and suicide research and is widely published across high impact peer reviewed journals. Her work contributes to both treatment guidelines and health policy on self-harm and suicide. Caroline’s research interests are broadly in the area of epidemiology and prevention of suicide and self-harm. She has specific interests in suicidal behaviour in high-risk groups, self-harm in menopausal women, the management of self-harm in emergency departments, and the use and linkage of large-scale clinical datasets. With lived experience of self-harm, Caroline is also interested in raising awareness of self-harm to reduce stigma and to improve care and services for people who self-harm.
This presentation will cover some basic facts and figures about self-harm and who is most at risk, as well as tackling some myths and misconceptions around self-harm based on the work we do in the Multicentre Study of Self-Harm in England. The last part of the talk will cover ways in which we can help people who self-harm in different ways, from public policy and services, to individuals.
