But March carries an important weight as self-harm awareness month, serving as a gentle reminder to check in on your friends and family.  Self-harm is a complex topic for all, regardless of whether or ...

Mental health experts say one thing is critical to understand: self-injury is often a signal of emotional pain — not a desire to die.

Self-harm is a way of trying to ease emotional pain through intentionally causing physical harm. Self-injury, like cutting or burning the skin, and intentional self-poisoning, like taking more ...

(CNN) — Megan walked the halls of her suburban Houston junior high in shame. It was the first time she had to attend school with bruises on her face from the abuse by her father, who was an alcoholic.

A growing number of young people are turning to self-harm in Canada and other parts of the world, according to new research.

Editor’s Note: This story contains details of self-harm that some readers may find upsetting or triggering. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental ...

Inflicting damage to the body, deliberately, defies every instinct for survival. Yet self-harm is common (an estimated 8 to 30 percent) among teens.[1] The actual damage to body tissue is often minor, ...

As mental health professionals are well aware, self-harm and suicide are serious concerns in people with schizophrenia. Early intervention services (EIS) for patients with first-episode schizophrenia ...

This is Part 1 of a series. For many women, particularly those who have suffered abuse that is too traumatic to put into words, marking pain through their bodies can offer release and comfort. In the ...

Correctional staff are routinely exposed to high-stress environments, with inmate self-harm emerging as one of the most emotionally corrosive and ethically complex dimensions of prison life. While ...

For all the local, state and federal tax dollars thrown at “harm reduction” programs to address Colorado’s addiction crisis, it would be only reasonable to expect a return on that investment. And our ...