This module accompanies the preceding module, The psychosocial management of self-harm: Part 1, in which the evidence for interventions to reduce the repetition of self-harm is reviewed.

The following two case studies introduce us to two patients presenting with a history of self-harm and their entrance into psychosocial therapies to reduce the repetition of these behaviours. We follow them into the early stages of therapy, accompanying the vignettes with self-test questions, to illustrate the approaches taken in manual-assisted cognitive behavioural therapy (MACT) and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). These case studies complement the theoretical framework and evidence base outlined in The psychosocial management of self-harm: Part 1 and illustrate the use of psychosocial interventions in practice.

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