Self-harm in young people is a major public health concern, rates are rising, and the adolescent years presents a critical period of intervention. Another modern challenge facing adolescents is sleep ...

This research was conducted as part of a PhD project supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Centre for Society and Mental Health at King’s College London (ES/S012567/1), the ...

Signs that an individual might be on the verge of self-harm are often found in their online actions, but can word choices in posts indicate who is at particular risk and when? The results also ...

Victor Garcia, 34, died following roughly 20 incidents of escalating self-harm inside Wisconsin’s prison system. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections does not comprehensively track self-harm ...

March is Self-Injury/Self-Harm Awareness Month. Self-harm or self-injury means hurting yourself on purpose (1) and it occurs in approximately 15% of adolescents and 4% of adults in the United States.

Most of us know what it’s like to be a teenager at school – and how it feels to fit into (or fall outside of) a school’s social hierarchy. This typically includes some version of the popular kids, the ...