A new Canadian study is raising concerns about a steady rise in self-harm among young people, pointing to a growing need for better mental health supports and earlier education around coping skills.

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

Patients with hidradenitis suppurativa have a higher risk for self-harm and suicide than matched control individuals, ...

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

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 ...

Self-harm in young people is a major public health concern, rates are rising, and the adolescent years presents a critical period of intervention. Another modern challenge facing adolescents is sleep ...

A study in Nature Mental Health provides evidence that depression, trauma, and loneliness drive suicidal thoughts in older adults with autistic traits. The findings indicate that targeted mental ...

Virginia Tech scientist Sora Shin (right) of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and postdoctoral associate Jane Jung found that early-life trauma changes a brain circuit linked to both ...

Cases of self-harm involving 6- to 12-year-olds have risen sharply, and researchers warn that common household products are often involved. Their findings appear in Monday's issue of Pediatrics, the ...