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Young people who self-harm

Implications for public health practitioners

By Angela Underdown (March 2009)

Young people who self-harm: implications for public health practitioners (PDF, 184KB) is a short research briefing and literature review looking at self-harm by children and young people.

Deliberate self-harm has emerged as a major public health issue and was the subject of a national inquiry carried out by the Mental Health Foundation and the Camelot Foundation in 2006 ¹ .

Our research briefing pulls together the findings and recommendations from the national inquiry report and other research findings that are particularly relevant to public health professionals.

Young people who self-harm: implications for public health practitioners (PDF, 184KB)

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References

1. Mental Health Foundation and Camelot Foundation (2006) Truth hurts: report of the national inquiry into self-harm among young people . Mental Health Foundation.

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