Understanding Self Harm Online

Our Understanding Self Harm course enables attendees to identify signs, recognise the difference between direct and indirect self-harm and what the different types of self-harm are.

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What you'll learn.

What direct and indirect self-harm is.
Recognise the difference between self-harm and suicide intents.
Recognise how a duty of care is involved within caring for individuals who self-harm or show suicidal tendencies.
Understand the levels of risk, what can increase an individual’s risk of self-harming.
Demonstrate how to protect yourself and others if the individual may cause danger to more than themselves.
Develop correct communication strategies to aid an individual who shows self-harming behaviours.
Explore reasons to why an individual may start to self-harm, what could have caused them to resort to self-harming behaviours.

About Understanding Self Harm Online.

What is self-harm? How and why is self-harm so common? What are the stigmatisations of self-harm? What are the different types of self-harm? What is the difference between self-harm and a suicide attempt? Who can self-harm? Why do people resort to self-harming? How can biological, stress, psychological and environmental factors affect an individual? What other conditions are associated with self-harming behaviours? What can lead to self-harming? Our Understanding Self-Harm course will help you answer the questions above and more. In 2014 there were 6% of the population who have self-harmed before in the age bracket of 16-24, in 2000 this figure was 2%. In 14 years there as been an increase of self-harming behaviour in 16-24 year olds by 4%. In 2018, 22% of young girls admitted to self-harming behaviours and 9% of young boys admitted to self-harming behaviours. There was 46% of the LGBTQ+ community that has also admitted to self-harming behaviours.

Through our Understanding Self-Harm course, you will gain an understanding of the experiences individuals may go through that causes them to then self-harm or show self-harming behaviours. You will learn how humans are not too far from other animals by how they show self-harming behaviours. You will learn the different characteristics of self-harming behaviours. You will learn what to do and what not to do when supporting an individual that is self-harming. You will learn how risk assessments are important. You will also learn what can be substituted instead of self-harming.

Who is Understanding Self Harm Online for?

Our Understanding Self Harm course is for anyone who is looking to increase their knowledge regarding self-harming behaviours. Whatever care or non-care sector you work in our Understanding Self Harm course will enables attendees to gain knowledge, skills, and confidence.

What are the learning outcomes?

Discuss how safeguarding is involved with self-harming.
Discuss how to manage the physical affects by using a First Aid plan for Mental Health.
Recognise the signs and symptoms of direct and indirect self-harming behaviours.
Be able to assess how a risk assessment is important when dealing with a self-harmer.
Discuss the Cycle of Change and implement this when aiding the individual.
Develop knowledge, skills and strategies to develop positive environments for individuals who show self-harming behaviours.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is self-harm?

Self-harm, also known as self-injury, is when someone deliberately hurts themselves. Self-harm is not a suicide attempt, although it can be a sign of underlying emotional distress.

Why do people self-harm?

People who self-harm often use it as a way to cope with difficult emotions like overwhelming sadness, anger, anxiety, or loneliness. The physical pain can feel like a release from emotional pain. Some people self-harm to feel something, even pain because they feel emotionally numb or disconnected. Punishment: Self-harm can be a way of punishing oneself for perceived mistakes or feelings of worthlessness and it can also be a way of communicating emotional pain to others, a cry for help when they don’t know how to express themselves verbally.

What are the signs that someone might be self-harming?

Some do their best to hide they are self harming, however signs people may be self-harming could include unexplained cuts, burns, bruises, especially on hidden areas like wrists or thighs. They might wear long clothes even in hot weather to hide them. Withdrawing from friends, mood changes (more withdrawn, irritable, secretive) and talking about feeling hopeless or worthless. They may have difficulty expressing themselves, feeling overwhelmed by negative emotions, struggling to cope with stress.

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