Growing Up Young, Asian and Female in Britain: A Report on Self-harm and Suicide
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It is now a well-documented statistic that Asian women between the ages of 15–35 are two to three times more vulnerable to suicide and self-harm than their nonAsian counterparts (Soni-Raleigh, 1996). The article will summarize the ndings of the research report Growing Up Young, Asian and Female in Britain (Newham Asian Women’s Project, 1998), which aimed to explore the reasons why young Asian women self-harmed and to evaluate the service responses they were given. It also made recommendations aimed at decreasing the high prevalence of suicide and self-harm among young Asian women. The article concludes by reecting upon the impact and service developments that have been made since the report was pub-
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