Young people's ways of coping with being upset are not always healthy. Thirteen per cent said they have self-harmed, while 16 per cent said they use food to cope. More than half said whatever they did, didn't work.
Emma Insley is director at Get Connected, a gateway service that can connect young people to other helplines for free. She says: "We were really surprised to see high numbers of young people self-harming, a much higher percentage than those that contact us about self-harm, suggesting many don't see it as a problem. The picture we are getting is that young people go through huge highs and lows." www.getconnected.org.uk.
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