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Third of girls 'have self-harmed'

Girls were more likely to admit to self-harming than boys

A third of UK girls aged 11 to 19 have tried to harm themselves, a survey for a mental healthcare provider suggests.

More than half of the 800 young people said they knew someone who had self-harmed - either through cutting, burning or punching themselves.

The main reason given was feeling depressed, with the results among boys being slightly lower at 22%.

Mental health charities said the figures were "worrying" and adolescents needed better access to treatment.

The survey showed that 73% of young people who self-harmed admitted to cutting, 48% to punching themselves, 14% to burning and 10% to self-poisoning.

Of those who admitted to self-harm, 43% said they did it because they were depressed, 17% because they were angry, 10% because of relationship problems and 10% because they were stressed

HARM

[Czarjorge]

I 'self-harm' twice a day.