Effective psychological and psychosocial approaches to reduce repetition of self-harm: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression

Abstract

Objective: To examine the efficacy of psychological and psychosocial interventions for reductions in repeated self-harm. Design: We conducted a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression to examine the efficacy of psychological and psychosocial interventions to reduce repeat self-harm in adults. We included a sensitivity analysis of studies with a low risk of bias for the meta-analysis. For the meta-regression, we examined whether the type, intensity (primary analyses) and other components of intervention or methodology (secondary analyses) modified the overall intervention effect. Data sources: A comprehensive search of MEDLINE, PsycInfo and EMBASE (from 1999 to June 2016) was per..