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Why couldn’t I stop her? Self injury: the views of staff and clients in a medium secure unit.
- Source :
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities; Mar2008, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p59-65, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Accessible summary •Clients and staff at a service called Calderstones talked to the authors about self injury. •Clients said that staff do not understand why they self-injure. Some clients feel punished when staff stop them self-injuring. All clients like talking to staff and said that telling their problems to staff helps them. Clients said that they should be allowed self-injure without staff being blamed. •Staff said they feel upset and worried when a client self-injures. They told the authors they would like more training about self-injury. Some staff would like clients to be allowed to self-injure, but don't want to be blamed for a client's injuries. This paper is the synthesis of two pre-existing studies. It details the experiences of nine people with mild/moderate learning disabilities who self injure, and those who work with them. At the time of this study the participants were living and working in a medium secure unit at Calderstones NHS Trust in Lancashire. A phenomenological approach was used, and during in-depth interviews, the participants gave rich descriptions of their experiences of self injury. The descriptions that emerged from the interviews detailed four main themes: understanding, communication, control and blame. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13544187
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28745276
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3156.2007.00486.x