Have you ever had suicidal thoughts? Suicidal feelings can affect anyone, regardless of their background, age, gender, ethnicity. The phrase ‘suicidal feelings’ covers a wide range of experience. At one end of the scale, it might mean that you, or…
Self-harm is in the news again, this week due to the tragic suicide of 14-year old Molly Russell in 2017. After she died it was discovered she had viewed multiple images of self-harm on Instagram. One in five 14-year old…
Having looked forward to this seminar on self-harm and suicide with Pete Holloway since it was first mooted, I found that I wanted to take a few days after attending to process the experience. It felt as though it bordered…
Self-harm accounts for over 24,000 hospital admissions every year¹ and it is estimated that 1 in 12 children self-harm². Rates in the UK are some of the highest in Europe³ but - because self-harm is, by its very nature, a…
SELF HARM What a leads a person to self-harm? Self-harming behaviours, such as cutting, scratching and hitting oneself, are often a physical way to deal with very painful psychological experiences and feelings of distress and isolation. Self harm can arise…