The UK has the highest rates of self-harm in Europe.
New research shows that even previously obstructive parents can be coached into providing vital support for their children with eating disorders.
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A new psychological intervention can help any parents - even those crippled by fear and self-blame - to become powerful recovery coaches to children with eating disorders.
It’s hard for parents to know whether, or how, they should address suicide with their children.
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Poor sleep in infants and children has been linked to an array of problems, from aggression to poor school performance to diabetes, obesity and suicide. Our expert reviews the science.
As a community we need proactive, positive strategies to reduce youth self-harm and suicide.
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Youth suicide has reached a ten year high, but suicide and self-harm are still taboo topics in schools.
Teens most at risk of self-harm are those who are same-sex attracted or bisexual, or those with depression, anxiety or general feelings of unhappiness.
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When teen romance crashes, adults often see it as trivial or “character building.” The truth is, breakups are a major cause of suicide, drug use and self-harm.
When it comes to bullying, there is a common misconception that children neatly fall into a category of bully, victim, or not involved. This is not the case.
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I conducted interviews with 26 young women in alcohol and drug treatment services in Victoria. More than half of them disclosed a history of sexual abuse and 20 spoke about cutting themselves.
Body identity integrity disorder is a strange and very distressing condition. A shift towards treating it as a neuroscientific problem could be the key to a cure.
A diagnostic label such as borderline personality disorder, with its stigma and propensity to invalidate the person’s suffering, clearly has many negative impacts.
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Diagnostic labels usually describe symptoms, attempt to answer the question of what is wrong, and lead to a treatment plan. But “borderline personality disorder” fails on all three counts.
People who intentionally harm themselves aren’t always easy to identify or categorise.
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Deliberately inflicting pain or injury by cutting oneself or some other form of self-mutilation seems incomprehensible to many people. But it’s a common, typically secretive, experience for about 8% of…
On January 12, a young Tibetan man, Tsering Tashi, set himself on fire in a nomadic area in China’s Gansu province, while calling for the long life of the Dalai Lama and a free Tibet. Less than a week…
Self-harm is a response to emotions that feel intolerable and unbearable to young people who aren’t yet equipped to deal with them.
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A study published today in the Lancet shows that while self-harm is relatively common among teenagers, most young people will naturally stop hurting themselves as they develop biologically and emotionally…