{"id":982,"date":"2018-05-17T09:34:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T09:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/cedr\/?p=982"},"modified":"2020-03-17T17:31:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T17:31:39","slug":"working-with-men-who-self-harm-in-a-learning-disability-secure-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/cedr\/2018\/05\/17\/working-with-men-who-self-harm-in-a-learning-disability-secure-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible Summary: Working with men who self-harm in a learning disability secure unit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rebecca Fish and Hannah Morgan<\/h2>\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n

Some research from Canada and the US says that more young men are self-harming. \u00a0There is a small amount of research from the UK. This says that when men self-harm, their injuries are usually more violent and can be seen as accidental.<\/p>\n

Some of the research talks about UK prisons. More men in prison are self-harming. Some prisoners reported that staff can show bad attitudes towards their self-harm. Prison staff said they need more help to deal with male self-harm.<\/p>\n

We talked to staff who work with men with learning disabilities in a secure unit. We wanted to find out what it is like to work with men who self-harm.<\/p>\n

Method<\/h2>\n

This work was paid for by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. We were given approval to do this study from Lancaster University.<\/p>\n

We interviewed nine staff members in a secure NHS learning disability unit in England. The staff were one psychiatrist, two therapy staff and six direct care staff.<\/p>\n

The questions were:<\/p>\n