We usually say, 'at least you still have your health' when something emotionally trying happens to us. I don't think I've ever heard, 'at least you still have your mental health', although this may be a very appropriate comment. The results of the National Inquiry into Self-Harm Among Young People was released at the end of March. This 2-year inquiry discovered that about 1 in 15 young people (aged 11-25 years) have engaged in self-harming behaviour. As Catherine McLoughlin, Chair of the National Inquiry Panel, states: 'on average, in every secondary schooi classroom there will be two young people who have hurt themselves' (Brophy, 2006). Each year, in England and.Wales, about 19000 young people are admitted t.o hospital as a result of self-harm and there is evidence that rates of self-harm are higher in the UK than in the rest of Europe.
展开▼
