Third of girls 'have self-harmed' - BBC Health News 25th April 2008

A third of UK girls aged 11 to 19 have tried to harm themselves, a survey for a mental healthcare provider suggests. More than half of the 800 young people said they knew someone who had self-harmed - either through cutting, burning or punching themselves. The main reason given was feeling depressed, with the results among boys being slightly lower at 22%.

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