Who can diagnose self-harm? Psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed therapists, psychiatric social workers, counselors, and other qualified mental health professionals can assess a person for self-harm ...

Emergency department visits for self-harm have spiked since the pandemic. Experts explain the psychology behind the behavior and how to overcome it. Megan walked the halls of her suburban Houston ...

When you hear "self-injury," what do you think of? As a self-harm researcher and expert in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), I've heard people say a lot of inaccurate things about self-injury.

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

Teenagers who get poor sleep are more likely to harm themselves on purpose, a new study says. Shorter sleep, going to sleep later and frequent waking during the night all were significantly associated ...

BENGALURU: In what can be called a dangerous trend, one that everybody must pay attention to, there is a steady rise in ...

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 ...