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Self-harming has risen dramatically among UK teenage girls

18 October 2017

In every 10,000 teenage girls in the UK, more than 37 have self-harmed. The large rise in rates of self-harming may be due to stress or mental health problems

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Self-harming has risen dramatically among UK teenage girls

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