Quick guide to ... Self-harm

10 February 2009 1 min read Health

The most common forms of self-harm are cutting the arms or the back of the legs with a razor or knife. But other forms include burning, biting, hitting and taking overdoses.

1 in 3 - the proportion of young people who self-harm and will do it again the next year

6.5% of young women self-harmed in 2000

11.7% of young women self-harmed in 2007

Sources: Young Minds; The Royal College of Psychiatrists; Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007

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