CYP Now - GW4 Children and Young People's Self-harm and Suicide Research Collaboration

The provision of self-harm prevention and intervention in secondary schools in Wales and South West England, and future needs.

Authors Rhiannon Evans, Abigail Russell, Frances Mathews, Rachel Parker, the Self-harm and Suicide in Schools GW4 Research Collaboration, and Astrid Janssens

Published by GW4 Alliance, December 2016

SUMMARY

Five per cent of the Welsh sample said self-harm was the top health priority in their school while 20 per cent said it was second highest priority and 17 per cent ranked it third. More than a quarter - 27 per cent - ranked it the eighth priority out of nine. The majority - 60 per cent - said emotional health and wellbeing was the top health priority in their school.

In South West England, 61 per cent of respondents said emotional health and wellbeing was a very high priority for their school while 37 per cent said self-harm was a very high priority.

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