COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio lawmakers heard sobering testimony on Tuesday from advocates backing a bill aimed at protecting ...

Self-harm and suicide-related behaviors among children, adolescents, and young people are an urgent public health challenge. Parents and caregivers are ...

A self-harm safety plan is a personalized tool with coping strategies and support contacts to help you manage self-harm urges or suicidal thoughts. Self-harm and suicide pose significant public health ...

A recent study followed more than 73,000 NSW children from their prenatal period through to adulthood to reveal how adverse ...

A local nonprofit is sounding the alarm over increasing rates of self-harm and thoughts of suicide among young people in the Finger Lakes region and calling for school-based responses to prevent ...

A meta-analysis of 38 studies found that nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is twice as prevalent in female teenagers as it is in men in North America and Europe but not in Asia. The study, led by Fiona ...

A new study by UCLA and Kaiser Permanente Northwest's Center for Health Research demonstrates a health care approach matching treatment intensity to individual risk levels can significantly reduce ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emergency department visits for self-harm have spiked since the pandemic. Experts explain the psychology behind the behavior and ...

New research has found that while rates of poor mental health and suicide attempts among Irish adolescents have largely ...

Suicide in all age groups has increased dramatically in the last decade. This increase has been especially pronounced among children and adolescents. Suicide is now the second leading cause of death ...

New Mexico data show there were 80 fewer overdoses in 2023 when compared to 2021, an 8% decline, but sustaining improvement ...

There is a worryingly high rate of people self-harming in Swindon, councillors have learned.