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09 Feb Posted by in Mental Health, Teens | 11 comments

What is Cutting & Self-Injury?

Statistics on teen cutting are hard to come by because so few studies have been done on the subject.  In 2002,  the British Medical Journal published an article that found 13 percent of British 15- and 16-year-olds purposely injured themselves.  In the United States, best estimates indicate that one in every 200 girls between 13 and 19...

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06 Feb Posted by in Mental Health, Rx & Medical | 125 comments

Cutting: Self-Injury Facts & Statistics

Self-Injury Behavior Over the past year, one in five females and one in seven males have engaged in some form of self-injury type behavior.  The growing concern of “cutting” is now on the forefront of many mental health agencies, schools and youth leaders concerns for young adults today.  This article provides the reader with some...

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