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Teen self‑harm: Responses should focus on social context, not just mental health

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By Faith Martin, Lisa Lock, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Medical Xpress Verified
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Around 1 in 6 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 1 in 3 young adults aged 17 to 24 had self-harmed. Typically, responses to self-harm focus on the individual—diagnosis, treatment and risk management.
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Teen self-harm: responses should focus on social context, not just mental health

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By Faith Martin
| Tolerance Canada
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Teen self-harm: responses should focus on social context, not just mental health

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By Faith Martin
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Halfpoint/Shutterstock Typically, responses to self-harm focus on the individual – diagnosis, treatment and risk management. Mental health support is clearly essential, but a large and growing body of global research points to wider, social factors contributing to self-harm.
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