Discussion of self-injury, eating disorders, and somatization occur in the context of culture. Self-injurious behaviors that occur across cultures can provide insight into the role and meaning of such ...
March is Self-Harm Awareness Month, and the need for conversations about this behavior, its causes and treatments has become critically important. Recent research indicates that 70% of adolescents and ...
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London, in partnership with ...
As mental health professionals are well aware, self-harm and suicide are serious concerns in people with schizophrenia. Early intervention services (EIS) for patients with first-episode schizophrenia ...
New research has examined the image-posting habits on social media of young people who self-harm. New research from the ...
Content warning: this story includes graphic descriptions of dangerous self-harm behaviors. The Google-funded AI company Character.AI is hosting chatbots designed to engage the site’s largely underage ...
Signs that an individual might be on the verge of self-harm are often found in their online actions, but can word choices in posts indicate who is at particular risk and when? The results also ...
Gabapentinoid use did not appear to be linked directly to self-harm risk, a self-controlled case series showed. Self-harm risk rose before and after gabapentinoids were used, but not during the ...
The current approach to continuous observation of patients at-risk of self-harm when on hospital wards is not effective, a healthcare safety watch dog has warned. A new report from the Health Services ...