General Article Apps for teenagers who are self-harming

Topic Selected: Self-harm and Suicide
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Rachelle Dawson (a Graduate Research Assistant) reviews Calm Harm and Self-Heal.

Recently, two UK-based apps have become available to help with self-harm. Both use techniques of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, involving a variety of activities individuals can choose to do instead of self-harming.

Calm Harm is developed by Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Nihara Krause for the UK-based charity Stem4. Upon opening the app, you are greeted with the metaphor that considers the urge to self-harm...

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