Table 2.

Nature of interventions for self-harm. Number of patient reporting experience of an intervention, on at least one occasion in their lifetime.

Intervention (formal/informal)	N reporting experience of intervention
General hospital admission	14
Accident and Emergency	14
G P	13
Family member	9
Friend	8
Specialist psychiatric admission	5
Counsellor	5
Social/Support worker	5
Community psychiatric nurse (CPN)	4
Alcohol Counsellor	4
Samaritans	3
Support group	2
Sheltered housing warden	2
Dialectical behaviour therapy	2
Cognitive behaviour therapy	1
Psychodynamic therapy	1

N>14 as most patients had experienced multiple interventions