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It’s not only teenage girls, and it’s rarely attention-seeking: debunking the myths around self-injury
It’s not only teenage girls, and it’s rarely attention-seeking: debunking the myths around self-injury

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It’s not only teenage girls, and it’s rarely attention-seeking: debunking the myths around self-injury

Non-suicidal self-injury is the deliberate damage of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent. It’s more specific than self-harm, a broader term that can also include suicide attempts. Self-injury is reasonably common, particularly among young people. In community samples, 17% of adolescents and 13% of young adults had engaged in self-injury. Self-injury is associated with underlying [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-03T16:28:47+11:00September 30th, 2019|Categories: self-harm, Uncategorized|Tags: attention-seeking, mythbusting, non suicidal self injury, understanding|0 Comments

Self-harm In Schools: The Need For More Collaboration

Pixabay Images As increasing numbers of young people suffer from mental health disorders, the capacity of mainstream schools to support and maintain these students is becoming an increasing challenge. Of particular concern is the number of young people engaging in self-harming behaviour. The 2015 Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and [...]

By Generation Next|2016-08-29T12:16:58+10:00August 29th, 2016|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Mental Illness|Tags: coping strategies, cutting, emotional distress, mental illness, non suicidal self injury, self harm, self injury, self-care, youth|2 Comments

Supporting A Young Person Who Has Been Injuring Themselves To Use Self-help Strategies

Flikr Images If a young person you care about has been injuring themselves, it’s important to seek the assistance of a mental health professional. Sometimes, there can be a waiting period to see a psychologist or psychiatrist, and even if you are able to access treatment quickly, it can take a little while [...]

By Generation Next|2016-08-15T10:06:56+10:00August 15th, 2016|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: coping strategies, Mental Health, mental health first aid, mental illness, MHFA, non suicidal self injury, self cares, self harm, self help strategies, self injury, self-help|0 Comments

Supporting A Friend Who Self-harms

Pixabay Images When you and I were young it was unlikely we ever had to support a friend who was self-harming, simply because self-harm was not as widespread. I consider this is a huge ask for any 14 year old. It can create an incredible amount of stress for young people who genuinely [...]

By Imogen|2016-07-29T15:39:05+10:00July 29th, 2016|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: coping skills, cutting, mental illness, non suicidal self injury, self harm, self harming, self injury, support, youth|2 Comments

Helping A Young Person Who Has Been Injuring Themselves

Flikr Images Finding out that a young person you care about has been injuring themselves deliberately can be frightening. Your first instinct is to protect them from harm, and this might lead you to try to take away any and all means of self-injury that they have available to them, and keep them [...]

By Imogen|2016-07-11T09:44:05+10:00July 11th, 2016|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: coping skills, coping with distress, coping with painful feelings, mental health first aid, MHFA, non suicidal self injury, self harm, self injury, self-care, support|0 Comments