Six-year-old boy tried to hang himself

RESEARCH has found “alarming” evidence of deliberate self-harm among children aged between five and 11, including a six-year-old boy who tried to hang himself.

The study in a Dublin children’s hospital has revealed that 38 children in this age group either carried out or considered self-harm.

This constituted 15% of 253 children aged between five and 16 who were deliberate self-harm (DSH) patients at the paediatric emergency department at Temple Street Children’s Hospital between 2002 and 2006.