Self-Harm Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
1. Mapping study: telephone interviews with staff from 22 prisons in England and Wales to identify interventions for self-harm being offered to men
2. Focus groups/interviews with multidisciplinary st
Sponsors
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Study Participants – Men in Prison 1. Remand and sentenced prisoners with personal experience of self-harm in prison. 2. 18 years or over. Staff Participants (Mapping) 1. 22 Safer Custody staff (prison staff who manage risk of self-harm), 22 secondary mental health staff Staff Participants (Focus groups/interviews) 1. A least one representative from prison officers, primary care and secondary mental healthcare, Safer Custody
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Study Participants – Men in Prison 1. Unable to provide informed consent. 2. Men where risk to others means that individual interviews could not be conducted. 3. Unable to take part in an interview in English. 4. Men who are too distressed/unwell to participate. Staff Participants (Mapping) 1. Staff without experience of working with men who self-harm. 2. Staff who are unable to take part in an interview in English. Staff Participants (Focus groups/interviews) 1. Staff without experience of working with men who self-harm. 2. Staff unable to take part in an interview in English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measured at a single time point: 1. Current service provision for self-harm measured using the TIDieR checklist 2. Prisoners' views on self-harm interventions using qualitative interviews, analysed using Framework Analysis 3. Prison staff views on self-harm interventions using qualitative interviews, analysed using Framework Analysis | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| There are no secondary outcome measures | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom, Wales
Outcome results
None listed