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Self-harmer? Come and do it at our hospital
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4830448.stmPatients who self-harm are being allowed to do so under supervision in hospital in an innovative scheme.
The practice is being allowed as part of a six-month investigation into the care of people who self-harm at St George's Hospital, Stafford.
Patients are allowed to carry on cutting themselves, but are also offered substitutes such as holding ice cubes or wearing tight elastic bands.
Now I think that's a good idea on principle, though I can imagine the tabloid headlines... However I'm not sure whether many self-harmers would take the trouble of travelling up to the hospital before cutting themselves. I mean, isn't it done 'on the spot' when a person is in a particular state of mind? And if so could they put it off long enough to get out of the house, jump on a cub or the bus and go to the hospital?
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