Self-harm is deliberate. It’s often an escape or form of self-punishment, but you can learn to change self-harm behaviors into more adaptive styles of coping. How you adapt and respond to challenges ...

The FBI is warning parents and local communities of violent online groups that are deliberately targeting minors on online messaging platforms to extort them into recording or live-streaming acts of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Keywords related to self-injury were searched more than 42 million times in the past year, according to a new study, but what those searches turned up was mostly myths and ...

Over 600,000.  That’s the number of people who visited emergency departments across the United States in 2022 due to ...

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 ...

Research suggests that autistic people have a higher risk for self-harm. Negative and unsupportive environments and challenges with emotional expression and communication may contribute to this ...

In early January 2023, concerned parents posted on Facebook about a rumor that claimed to show a "cut yourself" self-harm and suicide game of "dares" that was being shared to kids on the online game ...

FBI Denver said that 764, a decentralized and transnational sextortion network, is seeing an increase in activity, as well as other violent online networks.

A deep dive into public reporting tracked by the World Health Organization (WHO) is raising the possibility that the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide, but not liraglutide (both Novo Nordisk), is ...

Emotional self-harm refers to negative thoughts that damage someone’s self-esteem and mental health. This can manifest in overly critical self-talk or ruminating on past mistakes. Although the term ...