title: Principles and strategies for teaching therapeutic responses to self-harm.
abstract: This paper explains the educational principles and strategies underpinning a nursing course offered at an Australian university. The course is entitled 'Self-harm and therapeutic responses' and explores contemporary theories and practices to improve understanding and responses to people who self-harm. The course aims to shape the practices of nurses in developing healthier clinical and social environments for people who self-harm.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior