Children and adults self-harm for many different reasons, and in many ways. The reason or way they
self-harm may be different each time too. And sometimes they may self-harm but not realise until afterwards.
Over the past 40 years, there has been a large increase in the number of both adults and young people who
deliberately harm themselves. The Mental Health Foundation/Camelot Foundation (2006) suggests there are
“Probably 2 young people in every secondary school classroom who have self-harmed at some time.”
In addition, the rates of hospital admission as a result of self harm had risen for females by 34% between 2012
and 2021 whilst for males the rate has remained constant around 200 admissions per 100,000 population over
the same period. However, this date doesn’t take into account A&E admissions so the true figure might be
much higher
This session is aimed at anyone who might support someone who has self harmed and discusses the subject
self harm so they gain understanding and techniques in how to support both adults and children, in a sensitive
and informative way.