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First teaser for Gemma Collins’ self-harm documentary

Reality TV personality Gemma Collins reveals in the first teaser trailer for her new Channel 4 documentary that she spent two decades struggling with self-harm. The 41-year-old former The Only Way Is Essex star is the subject of Gemma Collins: Self ...

09 Feb 2022 at 13:25

Sharp rise in teenagers suffering poor mental health – NHS Digital report

There has been a sharp rise in the number of older teenagers who most likely have a mental health disorder, according to new data. One in four 17 to 19-year-olds are now suffering serious mental distress, up from one in six last year, with experts ...

29 Nov 2022 at 14:04

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Mental health charities praise EastEnders for self-harm storyline

EastEnders has been praised by mental health charities for its “sensitive” portrayal of self-harm in its latest storyline. Soap bosses said they had been working with Alumina, Mind and Samaritans to accurately depict teenager Amy Mitchell’s ...

11 Nov 2022 at 14:00

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Free online talk for Kildare and West-Wicklow parents about understanding and responding to self-harm

A free online talk for Kildare and West-Wicklow parents will focus on understanding and responding to self-harm. The talk will be co-facilitated by Madeleine Connolly, Senior Social Worker Practitioner and Family Therapist in Lucena ...

08 Feb 2023 at 20:33

Social media sites ‘not doing enough’ to prevent spread of self-harm content

Social media platforms are not doing enough to prevent users, in particular young people, from seeing and being affected by self-harm and suicide content, a new study says. A survey of social media users by Samaritans and Swansea ...

08 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Suicide attempts and self-harm ‘part and parcel of everyday life in a school’

The former Children’s Commissioner for England has spoken of “shocking” accounts from teachers that suicide attempts and self-harm are now “just part and parcel of everyday life in a school”. Anne Longfield told peers that there ...

05 Sept 2022 at 20:54

Self-harm images online ‘can trigger young people to hurt themselves’

Viewing self-harm images online can trigger young people to hurt themselves and usually causes harm, a new study from the University of Oxford suggests. Experts looked at 15 existing studies and concluded that viewing such ...

21 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Life

Self Injury Awareness Day: Why young people self-harm and what you can do to help

It can be shocking to hear that people hurt themselves intentionally – particularly if they’re children. But many children and young people, as well as adults, self-harm. Self-injury is a coping mechanism, says the ...

01 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Social media sites failing to stop the spread of suicide content, charity says

Social media platforms suffer from significant, fundamental system failings in handling self-harm and suicide content, according to a new report. Suicide prevention charity the Molly Rose Foundation said it had ...

29 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Mental health services fail to take full account of menopause, report finds

Mental health services do not take full account of the impact of the menopause, which can have serious consequences for women, patient safety investigators have found. Women are frequently prescribed ...

23 Mar 2023 at 06:42

Scotland

Childline helped 1,300 youngsters with suicidal thoughts in one year

More than 1,300 children in Scotland experiencing suicidal thoughts or feelings called Childline for help in a year, figures show. The NSPCC data reveals Childline counsellors delivered 1,345 of ...

08 Feb 2023 at 12:02

Scotland

‘World first’ project to help people who self-harm receives £1.5m backing

A new strategy to support people who self-harm, thought to be the first of its kind in the world, has been backed by funding of £1.5m. Developed by the Scottish Government and local authorities,...

28 Nov 2023 at 14:33

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