Autism, ADHD and school absence are risk factors for self-harm: new research - The Conversation

Data linkage, assessing information from over 113,000 teenagers in South London, addresses important gaps in research on the mental health and socio-economic risk factors for self-harm.

Self-harm physically hurting yourself is common in young people, affecting about one in five teens by the age of 18. Only about one in eight self-harm episodes in teenagers are seen at hospital eme… [+4942 chars]

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