Self-injury so often occurs in private, an important reason why solid statistics are hard to come by. But researchers estimate between 10 and 40 percent of adolescents, and up to 10 percent of adults, ...

Adolescents and young adults with mood disorders and cannabis use disorder (CUD) are at significantly increased risk for self-harm, all-cause mortality, homicide, and death by unintentional overdose, ...

Self-harm is a way of trying to ease emotional pain through intentionally causing physical harm. Self-injury, like cutting or burning the skin, and intentional self-poisoning, like taking more ...

Self-embedding is an extreme form of self-injury, in which people (typically adolescents) insert objects into their body parts to deliberately hurt themselves or mutilate their bodies without ...

March is Self-Harm Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raise awareness and educate the public on self-harm behavior and how it can be linked to other mental health disorders. There are many common ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Journal, researchers examined the incidence rates of eating disorders and self-harm two years after the coronavirus disease 2019 ...

If they aren’t careful—or potentially even if they are—TikTok’s youngest users could find themselves bombarded with dangerous video content within minutes of joining the platform, a new study claims.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An increased disconnect from your body can make it easier to harm yourself, whether by disordered eating or suicide. Maskot/Maskot ...

Hurting yourself—or thinking about hurting yourself—is a sign of emotional pain. Most people who self-harm do so as a way to cope with anger, negative feelings, painful memories, or difficult ...

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