1 in 10 teenage girls have self-harmed
Self-harming is clearly more widespread than previously thought; this new study of self-harm amongst 15 and 16 year olds in England found that girls are four times more likely to have tried to self-harm compared to boys, and 11% of girls and 3% of boys admitted that they had self-harmed within the last year.
In a survey of more than 6,000 15 and 16-year-old school pupils, one in ten teenage girls self-harm each year. The research, which was carried out with Samaritans, has been published in the new book, By their own young hand, which is available at Amazon for under £20.