Self-harm - longer-term management: Clinical case scenarios for NICE clinical guideline 133

Abstract

NICE clinical case scenarios are an educational resource that can be used for individual or group learning.

These six clinical case scenarios have been put together to improve practioners' knowledge of the longer-term management of self-harm and its application in practice. They illustrate how the recommendations from ‘Self-harm: Longer-term management’ (NICE clinical guideline 133) can be applied to the care of people who self-harm.

Each case scenario includes details of the person’s initial presentation. The clinical decisions about assessment and management are then examined using a question and answer approach. Relevant recommendations from the NICE guideline are quoted in the text (after the answer), with corresponding recommendation numbers.