Self-harm 'risk' for drug-using young men 

The registry recorded 37,340 self-harm presentations by young people, from 10 to 24 years of age, over the 10-year period. File picture: Nathan Cowley/Pexels

Young men who have taken a drug overdose are at greater risk of repeating self-harm and switching to different methods of self-harm, a new study by researchers at the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF) has found.

The research examined data collated by the National Self-Harm Registry and represents the first published national study to look at the link between drugs and repeated self-harm in young people in Ireland .