The latest stage, which focused on 11- to 25-year-olds in youth custody, boarding schools, sheltered housing and the armed forces, found young people across settings felt sufferers deprived of tools often turned to more lethal methods of self-harm.
Marcia Brophy, the inquiry's project manager, said there could be a fine line in youth custody settings between not removing blades from sufferers, which could conflict with a duty of care for young people, and removing them, which could make them use more dangerous methods such as self-strangulation.
Staff needed training to develop an understanding of the value of "distractions" such as exercise or TV, she said.
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