@article{ref1,
title="Use of a safe kit to decrease self-injury among adolescent inpatients: A pilot study",
journal="Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services",
year="2013",
author="Loveridge, Stephanie Michelle",
volume="51",
number="9",
pages="32-36",
abstract="A quasi-experimental pilot study was conducted via a convenience sample of 39 adolescents with a recent history of self-injury who were admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit. It was postulated that the use of a safe kit would decrease the urge to self-injure during the participant's hospital stay. Participants were screened using the Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory 9 and enrolled in the study after informed consent was received. Patients designed a safe kit, filling it with items that may help them refrain from self-injury when the urge was high. At the end of the hospital stay, participants completed a questionnaire evaluating the use of the safe kit in the context of other coping skills used during their admission. Sixty-two percent (n = 23) of participants used the kit as a means of coping with urges to self-injure. Sixty-one percent of those who used the kit strongly agreed that the safe kit reduced the urge to self-injure. Further research is needed with a larger sample to explore the effectiveness of a safe kit in maintaining safety on an adolescent unit. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, xx(x), xx-xx.].<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0279-3695",
doi="10.3928/02793695-20130612-03",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20130612-03"
}