The psychological and emotional factors relating to self-injury for young people with complex needs

贝弗利提出的研究在支持有复杂需求的年轻人的实践相关工作中具有很大的潜力，同时也对现有文献做出了贡献。她的工作符合ESRC心理健康战略优先领域，特别是社会、心理和环境因素影响和促进具有复杂需求的年轻人自残行为的方式。在学术上，她的研究可能会为越来越多的研究做出贡献，这些研究将学习障碍患者的自残置于主流话语压力和痛苦之中，而不是将其归因于生物功能。这为那些自残的年轻人提供了重要的干预指导——潜在地挑战了目前常用的药理学和行为干预，并将重点转移到心理支持上。

Beverley's proposed research holds much potential for practice related work supporting young people with complex needs, but also as a contributing to the existing literature. Her work fits within the ESRC strategic priority area of mental health, in particular the ways in which social, psychological and environment factors influence and contribute to the self-injurious behaviour of young people with complex needs. Academically, her research is likely to contribute to the growing body of work that is situating self-injury by people with a learning disability into the mainstream discourse stress and distress, rather than it being ascribed to biological functions. This presents important guidance for interventions for young people who self-injure - potentially challenging the pharmacological and behavioural interventions that are currently often prescribed, and shifting the focus onto psychological support.