Important mental health history is often present in medical records but hard to find, especially when it is missing from the ...

Men are more likely to die by suicide globally. One of the strongest predictors of death by suicide is self-harm. This is when a person physically hurts themselves as a way of dealing with very ...

Researchers at City St George's, University of London have found that psychological interventions for self-harm appear to be more effective for females than males, raising concerns about how well ...

Acts of self-harm like self-cutting or overdosing may be carried out for a variety of reasons, most commonly to: Express and relieve bottled-up anger or tension. Feel more in control of a seemingly ...

Young women who engage in non-suicidal self-injury demonstrate significantly different brain activity when receiving positive ...

Around one in six adolescents worldwide report having self-harmed at some point in their lives. In England, an NHS mental health survey of 2,370 children and young people found that more than one in ...

For many parents, discovering self-harm feels like the ground suddenly shifting beneath their feet. On Reddit parenting threads, moms have shared feeling “rather helpless,” “worried that if I take her ...

Parents will receive notifications if a child has used the platform repeatedly to search for terms related to suicide or self-harm, but users must opt in to get them. By Aimee Ortiz Instagram will ...