Action needs to be taken to ensure professionals are better able torespond to self-harm among children and young people, a new reportclaims.
Truth Hurts, the final report by the national inquiry into self-harm,indicates that relatives and professionals often react inappropriatelyto disclosure of self-harm (Children Now, 29 March-4 April). As a resultyoung people who self-harm are more likely to turn to their peers andless likely to access support from professional sources.
Conducted by the Mental Health Foundation and the Camelot Foundation,the two-year inquiry focused on young people aged between 11 and 25. Itfound that the underlying triggers for self-harm ranged from bullying tofamily breakdown, and that those who self-harmed did so because theyfelt they had no other way of coping.
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