Self-harm or harm to self

• cutting or scratching

• causing bruises

• banging their head against a wall

• punching a wall

• pulling out their hair

• burning themselves

• falling over on purpose

• breaking a bone on purpose

• controlling the amount of food they eat to an unhealthy level

• over-exercising to the point it becomes unhealthy

Around 10-30% of teenagers self-harm at some point during their life*. With the right help and support to reduce underlying stresses and treat mental health problems, young people can be helped to stop self-harming.

CAMHS Resources - This site was created for young people, carers and professionals to pool together lots of helpful resources from across the internet that are available to help support mental health and well-being. 

onyourmindglos - Helpful guides about emotional health.

Get Self Help - This website provides CBT self-help and therapy resources, including worksheets and information sheets and self-help mp3s.

• Calm Harm provides tasks to help children and young people resist or manage the urge to self-harm.

• Bo The Basement Project - Hurting Inside: A Book for Young People by Lois Arnold and Anne Magill

• The Basement Project - What's the Harm?: Book for Young People Who Self-harm or Self-injure by Lois Arnold and Anne Magill

• The Big Book of Blob Trees by Pip Wilson

• What To Do When… You Grumble Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Negativity by Dawn Huebner

• Lancashire Libraries - Reading Well for Young People – Shelf Help