A which focuses on supporting people who self-harm has been backed by the Liaison Faculty in Scotland.
The blueprint published this week, was developed by COSLA and informed by people with lived experience with funding of ?1.5m from the Scottish Government.
It is believed to be the first of its kind in the world and includes a three-year action plan which will prioritise tackling stigma and discrimination and improving support for people who have self-harmed.
The plan which is believed to be the first of its kind in the world focuses on three areas:
- deepening knowledge and compassionate understanding of self-harm
- building support and services across Scotland
- improving and sharing data and evidence.
As part of the strategy, the Scottish Government funding supports a national webchat service offering people help out-of-hours.
The webchat service is part of Self Harm Network Scotland, run by , which also provides up-to-date, reliable and accessible advice for anyone affected by self-harm.
It also offers free training sessions – either in-person or online - which have been completed by 1000 people since the start of the year.
For further information, please contact:
- Email: scotland@rcpsych.ac.uk
- Contact Name: RCPsych in Scotland
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