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MANAGING SELF-HARMING BEHAVIOUR 
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LIFE SKILLS TO SURVIVE IN THE 21st CENTURY
According to new figures the number of young people admitted to hospital after cutting with a sharp object has risen by a 50% in the last five years. BBC News, (12/03/2010).
More than 7000 people are treated in hospital each year in Scotland following episodes of "non-fatal" deliberate self harm (Towards A Mentally Flourishing Scotland, 2009).
Other studies point out that one in five young people in the central belt in Scotland reported having self harmed in their lives (Truth Hursts, 2006).
The reasons why people start self harming and the motives that perpetuate self harming behaviours are poorly understood and more research is needed. There needs to be more emphasis on adults due to the lack of research carried out, particularly in non-clinical settings. People who are over 25, often find it more difficult to ask for help as they feel there is more stigma attached to self harm in adult life. This is one of the few services in Scotland that works with adults who self harm. Moreover, their views are valued and utilised to shape the service, we have a small group of consultants that aid us with this task.
Finally, one thing is clear and it is that people who self harm need help to reduce and eventually stop the self harming behaviour. In HarmLESS Psychotherapy we believe that when people who self harm receive appropriate help within a harm reduction framework they do indeed manage to utilise different coping mechanisms.
Are you in crisis and need to talk to someone now?
Samaritans 08457 90 90 90
www.samaritans.org
Breathing Space 0800838587
www.breathingspacescotland.co.uk
Childline 0800 11 11 11
24 hours support
NHS 24 0845 24 24 24
24 hours support
More information about self harm Penumbra
www.penumbra.org.uk
National Self Harm Network
www.nshn.co.uk
Self harm: recovery, advice and support
www.thesite.org
Harmless
www.harmless.org.uk
Bristol Bristol Crisis Centre for Women
www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk/
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