General Article Self-harm statistics

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How many people self-harm?

It’s almost impossible to say how many young people are self-harming. This is because very few teenagers tell anyone what’s going on, so it’s incredibly difficult to keep records or have an accurate idea of scale. It is thought that nearly a quarter of 14-year-olds have...

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