%0 Journal Article %A Faraz Mughal %A Lisa Dikomitis %A Opeyemi O Babatunde %A Carolyn A Chew-Graham %T The potential of general practice to support young people who self-harm: a narrative review %D 2022 %R 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0159 %J BJGP Open %P BJGPO.2021.0159 %V 6 %N 1 %X Background Self-harm in young people is a growing public health concern. Young people commonly present to their GP for help with self-harm, and thus general practice may be a key setting to support young people who have self-harmed.Aim To examine the potential of general practice to support young people aged 10–25 years who have harmed themselves.Design & setting A narrative review of published and grey literature.Method The Scale for the Assessment of Narrative Review Articles (SANRA) was used to guide a narrative review to examine the potential of general practice to support young people who have self-harmed. The evidence is presented textually.Results The included evidence showed that GPs have a key role in supporting young people, and they sometimes relied on gut feeling when handling uncertainty on how to help young people who had self-harmed. Young people described the importance of initial clinician responses after disclosing self-harm, and if they were perceived to be negative, the self-harm could become worse.Conclusion In context of the evidence included, this review found that general practice is a key setting for the identification and management of self-harm in young people; but improvements are needed to enhance general practice care for young people to fulfil its potential. %U https://bjgpopen.org/content/bjgpoa/6/1/BJGPO.2021.0159.full.pdf