‘Once you've opened that can of worms’: qualitative study to understand why liaison psychiatry staff are not asking about domestic abuse following self-harm
There is a clear need to improve the support offered to victim-survivors of domestic abuse who self-harm and present to healthcare services. National implementation of education and training to better equip liaison psychiatry teams with the skills and knowledge to sensitively support victim-survivors of domestic abuse is required.
Authors
- Tim Woodhouse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2703-8677)
- Navneet Kapur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3100-3234)
- Alison Gregory (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4768-1574)
- Jane Derges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3973-3212)
- Paul Moran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9257-8699)
- Duleeka Knipe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1040-7635)
- Prianka Padmanathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-6575)
- Sarah Dangar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7415-4757)
Institutions
- University of Peradeniya (LK)
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- University of Kent (GB)
- Kent County Council (GB)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Centre for Mental Health (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (GB)
- Mersey Care NHS Trust (GB)
- South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (LK)
- NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- City St George's, University of London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJPsych Open
- Published
- 2024-10-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.779
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.40
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- University of Bristol
- Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research, University of Bristol
- National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West