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Risk of suicide in young children

There is a lot of material available about assessing for risk of suicide in adolescents, but much less that focuses on small children. Some cases are relatively (and I mean relatively) straightforward, like the child who says he is going to kill himself in anger when he doesn’t get his way. But I have seen [...]

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“Truth about self-harm” from MHF in UK

Thanks to a recent link from Psychsplash to the Mental Health Foundation in the U.K., I discovered a helpful publication called “The truth about self-harm.” Here is a description from the website: The booklet is for anyone who wants to understand self-harm among young people – why it happens, how to deal with it, and [...]

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