Autism, ADHD and school absence are risk factors for self-harm: New research - Hindustan Times

The research discovered that young people who spend time away from school, either through exclusion or absence, were at greater risk of self-harm. For those with less than 80 per cent attendance, the risk of hurting themselves was three times greater than tho…

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 emer… [+4881 chars]

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