Faye Ambler is part of the FReSH START team and recently travelled to Vienna for the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) World Congress where she presented a poster. Read about her experience of the conference on our blog. freshstart.leeds.ac.uk/news/faye-at...

Looking for staff who have worked on mental health wards for an interview study about how self-harm is managed.

Representing @freshstart-uk.bsky.social at #IASPViENNA2025 lots of interest in the development of our intervention and how it has been recieved by service users and clinical services

We've finished recruitment to the trial, so what's next for the FReSH START study? Read about the work we are doing to assess the effectiveness of the FReSH START therapy intervention. freshstart.leeds.ac.uk/news/whats-n...

At the end of April we finished recruitment to the clinical trial, and this week we are excited to share that the results of the feasibility study have finally been published. @bethancopsey.bsky.social @leedsctru.bsky.social #selfharmresearch #mentalhealth #clinicaltrials rdcu.be/emfGe

rdcu.be/emQHo Last month we completed recruitment to the full definitive trial of this intervention. This month the results of our feasibility study were finally published - the paper has been with the journal for almost 2 years! #self-harmresearch

Running a trial of a psychological intervention for self-harm in the post pandemic NHS has certainly been a challenge. But, thanks to incredible buy in from services across the country, we have managed to get over the finish line #research

A massive THANK YOU to all our sites, our wonderful lived experience group and everyone involved in the study! Last week we ended recruitment to the FReSH START RCT. Although we are slightly short of our target, we will most likely have a powered trial due to a consistently high follow up rate.

March 1st is #SelfHarmAwarenessDay. Understanding that #selfharm has different functions for different people is central to the FReSH START approach to therapy. This infographic highlights some of these functions identified by people with #livedexperience as part of our #research.

FReSH START is a research project aiming to develop a therapy intervention for adults who self-harm. We are now running a clinical trial to see if the therapy we developed is effective and if it improves people's quality of life. #introduction #mentalhealthresearch #selfharm #NIHR