Relational Contexts as Causal and Curative Pathways in Recurrent Suicidal Distress and Repeated Police Mental Health Act (Section 136) Detention

Claire Andrea Warrington

Relational Contexts as Causal and Curative Pathways in Recurrent Suicidal Distress and Repeated Police Mental Health Act (Section 136) Detention

The Hull York Medical School

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Abstract

Relationships are critical to human experience and can be pivotal in both the genesis of and recovery from psychological distress. This dichotomy is especially pertinent to the highly contentious diagnoses of borderline or emotionally unstable personality disorder, of which repeated suicide attempts and self-harm are commonly considered indicative. Drawing on research with people who had survived multiple suicide attempts and been subject to numerous Mental Health Act detentions, this chapter presents a model of recurrent suicidality that highlights how relational contexts can be critical in mediating outcomes. The model indicates how relationships can impact sense of self to drive either harmful or helpful patterns of behaviour. Further, it highlights the importance of a wholescale, ‘community’ approach to repair the damaged beliefs underlying the dangerous cycle of repeated suicide attempts and suggests key components for such reparative work to succeed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Relationships and Mental Health
Subtitle of host publication	Relational Experience in Distress and Recovery
Editors	Zoe Boden-Stuart, Michael Larkin
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland
Chapter	5
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-50046-6
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 15 Jul 2023

Keywords

Interpersonal trauma
suicide
personality disorder
Section 136

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Relational Contexts as Causal and Curative Pathways in Recurrent Suicidal Distress and Repeated Police Mental Health Act (Section 136) Detention. / Warrington, Claire Andrea.
Relationships and Mental Health: Relational Experience in Distress and Recovery. ed. / Zoe Boden-Stuart; Michael Larkin. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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