Effectiveness of a Curriculum for Pediatric Residents to Address Adolescent Nonsuicidal Self-Injury.
Nicholas J WestersHeather E NeedhamJennifer B WalshPublished in: Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry (2022)
Following NSSI training, residents demonstrated increased knowledge and subjective competence in caring for adolescents who self-injure. It is feasible and important to integrate a brief, single-session NSSI curriculum into pediatric residency programs, such as in the adolescent medicine rotation.