Teenage girls at greatest risk of self-harm, study reveals

ONE in every 165 adolescent girls was treated in hospital after engaging in deliberate self-harm during the last two years, new figures show.

Teenage girls at greatest risk of self-harm, study reveals

The incidence of self-harm is highest among teenage girls, according to the study, which also found repeated self-harm, particularly among young men, may be increasing.

The data also confirms for the first time that men now exceed women in terms of the risk of repeated self-harm and the report warns that the development has major implications for assessment and treatment.

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