Why do adolescents self-harm? An investigation of motives in a community sample
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The prevalence of self-reported deliberate self harm in Irish adolescents
BACKGROUND Deliberate self harm is major public health problem, in particular among young people. Although several studies have addressed the prevalence of deliberate self harm among young people in the community, little is known about the extent to which deliberate self harm comes to the attention of medical services, the self harm methods used and the underlying motives. The aim of this study...
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