Medscape (6/11, Yasgur, Subscription Publication) reports, “Rates of nonsuicidal self-harm…are rising, especially among adolescent girls and young adult women,” and “few of these people receive medical or psychological help,” researchers concluded after conducting “a secondary analysis of data from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys for 2000, 2007, and 2014 regarding individuals aged 16–74 years (n = 7243, 6477, and 6477, respectively).” The findings were published online June 4 in The Lancet Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Rates of Self-Harm Soar, Especially Among Girls, Young Women, “Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW, Medscape, June 11, 2019