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Friday, 18 October 2013

Psychosocial assessments can help tackle hidden problem of self-harm

Experts have called on all children and young people who self-harm to be given a full psychosocial assessment to help address the “hidden problem” among mental health and behavioural conditions.
Official statistics published last week highlighted that a significant number of hospital cases among young people have resulted from self-harm. Admissions following self-harm were particularly high among teenage girls, with 13,400 hospital cases among 15-19 year olds recorded in the last year alone.

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