Culture and personality disorders : Self-harm in Sweden: A national response with treatment implications for those with or without borderline perso- nality disorder

• Objectives: The purpose of this presentation is to discuss Sweden’s national recommendations for mental health treatment provided to self-harming individuals in the country. The recommendations were based upon a Self-Harm Quality Standard (2013) published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) adapted to Swedish health care and cultural context. Methods: A review and synthesis of scientific literature on self-harm; A review and synthesis of treatment guidelines for self-harm Results: The recommendations are referred to as a Quality Document within Swedish healthcare, published initially in 2014, with a scientific update in February 2016. The first and primary recommendation relates to meeting self-harming individuals with compassion, respect, and dignity across the individual’s continuum of care. Other recommendations summarize the leading practices and evidence-based literature in relation to acute assessment of mental and physical health, diagnostic evaluation, risk management, treatment planning, treatment itself and continuity of care. Conclusions: Sweden’s national Recommendations for the treatment of self-harm were published in the development phase of a multi-year national self-harm project. Emerging in part from the Recommendations has been the development of a number of new initiatives, which are summarized and discussed. References: NICE (2013b). QS34: Quality standard for self-harm. Retrieved from: http://publications.nice.org.uk/quality-standard-for-selfharm-qs34/introduction-and-overview Westling, S., Liljedahl, S. I., Holmqvist-Larsson M, Parnén, H., Zetterqvist, M., & Ershammar, D. (2014). Recommendationer för insatser vid självskadebeteende. Retrieved from: http://www.svenskabupforeningen.se/bibliotek/kunskapsoversikter_PM/behandlings_PM/Sjalvskade%20rekommendationer.pdf

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

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