Having larger in-person networks appeared to protect young people against developing severe depression symptoms. But large online networks had the opposite effect.
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Young people across different cultures describe self-harm less as a symptom of mental health difficulties, and more as a response to unbearable pressures.
How you respond is critical to their health and wellbeing. Here’s what to say to support someone who self-harms.
Data linkage, assessing information from over 113,000 teenagers in South London, addresses important gaps in research on the mental health and socio-economic risk factors for self-harm.
New research shows that many young people report a sense of temporary relief following episodes of self-harm. But there are clear ways to help teens replace injurious behaviors with healthy ones.
A public health scholar explores why Asian Americans in their late teens and early adulthood are at high risk for death by suicide.
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