An empty reassurance that the Bill would not intend to criminalise those who self-harm would be of no use to us – the experiences of people who self-harm provides ample evidence that if further criminalisation is made possible then it will occur, regardless of the Bill’s intent…. more
Tag: self-harm
Not a naughty child: people’s experiences of service responses to self-injury
Many people have very difficult, sometimes punitive, experiences in A&E and with mental health services… self-injury is still poorly understood and often judged as deliberately manipulative, attention-seeking or time-wasting…… more