In times of crisis, your mental health is just as important as your physical well-being.
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- Mental Health & Well-Being
Research Pinpoints the Time of Year and Hour When People Have the Strongest Suicidal Thoughts
Most people assume suicide rates will be highest in winter, yet spring/early summer is whensuicidal behaviours peak and this finding has baffled researchers since first identified.
Self-harm is a serious problem that can profoundly impact a person’s life. As a therapist, it is essential to be able to assess for self-harm.
- Mental Health & Well-Being
New Data Shows Increase in Young People Seeking Help for Self-Harm and Suicidal Thoughts
by News Releaseby News ReleaseThese statistics are alarming and bring to the fore how young people’s mental health is a rapidly worsening crisis.
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Cholesterol Flags Violence Risk in People with Schizophrenia
by Psychregby PsychregLow cholesterol may also be a sign people with schizophrenia are at high risk of self-harm, suicide, and violence.
Self-harm is something that can be really hard to get past.
The answer to this isn’t completely conclusive. It all depends on how societies see mental health and self-harm.
- Mental Health & Well-Being
Deep Neural Networks Show Promise for Predicting Future Self-harm Based on Clinical Notes
by Psychregby PsychregClinicians do not have a reliable way of predicting which patients are likely to make a suicide attempt.
- Mental Health & Well-Being
Self-Harm May Be Socially Contagious Among Adolescents, Says New Research
by Psychregby PsychregA new study suggests that non-suicidal self-injury may be contagious among teenagers.
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Charity Offers Support for Young People Struggling with Self-Harm
by Psychregby PsychregFegans provides professional counselling for over 400 children every week across London, the South East and Oxfordshire.
You might already have an idea about what self-harm is, or you may even have experienced it yourself.
Young people who have a low sense of belonging at their schools are nearly seven times more likely to self-harm than those who feel attached to it.
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
People Who Self-harm Should be Forcibly Prevented From Doing So
by Keir Hardingby Keir HardingLet’s start by saying that I self-harm; I self-harm regularly in a way that society tends to approve of.