Matina Shafti

ORCID: 0000-0001-5612-7076
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Research Areas
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
2021-2025

University of Manchester
2021-2025

University of Greenwich
2025

Centre for Mental Health
2022-2023

There is growing evidence that some individuals engage in both self-harm and aggression during the course of their lifetime. The co-occurrence termed dual-harm. Individuals who dual-harm may represent a high-risk group with unique characteristics pattern harmful behaviours. Nevertheless, there an absence clinical guidelines for treatment prevention lack agreed theoretical framework accounts why people this behaviour. present work aimed to address gap literature by providing narrative review...

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.586135 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2021-02-25

Background Co-occurring self-harm and aggression (dual harm) is particularly prevalent among forensic mental health service (FMHS) patients. There limited understanding of why this population engages in dual harm. Aims This work aims to explore FMHS patients’ experiences harm how they make sense behaviour, with a focus on the role emotions. Method Participants were identified from their participation previous study. Sixteen patients lifetime history recruited two hospitals. Individuals...

10.1192/bjo.2024.834 article EN cc-by-nc-nd BJPsych Open 2025-01-01

Bisexual people demonstrate higher rates of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in comparison to other groups. This study aimed explore bisexual people's experiences sexuality, NSSI and the COVID19 pandemic. Fifteen (16–25 years old) with experience participated online qualitative interviews. Thematic analysis was used. Preliminary findings were shared a subset participants for member-checking. Participants described falling between binary worlds heterosexuality homosexuality discrimination...

10.1080/19419899.2021.1924241 article EN Psychology and Sexuality 2021-05-10

The aetiology of dual harm (co-occurring self-harm and violence towards others) is poorly understood because most studies have investigated separately. We aimed to examine childhood risk factors for self-harm, violence, harm, including the transition from engaging in single harm.Data Avon Longitudinal Study Parents Children, a UK-based birth cohort study, were used estimate prevalence self-reported engagement at ages 16 22 years. Risk ratios calculated indicate associations across various...

10.1017/s0033291723000557 article EN cc-by Psychological Medicine 2023-03-31

Dual harm is the co-occurrence of self-harm and aggression during an individual's lifetime. This behaviour especially prevalent within criminal justice forensic settings. The forms that should be included in definition dual have not yet been established. study aimed to use network analysis inform evidence-based by assessing relationship between different aggressive young people (N = 3,579). We used data from Avon Longitudinal Study Parents Children (ALSPAC). Results revealed low correlations...

10.3389/fpsyt.2022.953764 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychiatry 2022-07-22
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