UK SBS IT16003 Imaginator Project

Purpose of this project Aim of the Imaginator project is to pilot test a brief cognitive therapy intervention for self-harm in young people. Up to 10% of 15-16 year old young people deliberately self-harm over a year in England, with substantial personal/family impacts and costs on the NHS. Studies demonstrate that treating underlying mental illness leads to reductions in self-harm, but these are long treatments for complex disorders. Moreover, often individuals are left without support at managing the distressing self-harm behaviour while they wait (increasingly long periods) before they start the above treatments. The Imaginator project aims to remedy the lack of an effective short-term t…

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