Social media helps fuel 14% rise in self-harm hospital admissions
Sky news report on the mental anguish of or young. So many pressures in today’s society. Part of the article is below with a further link for more reading. There is plenty of help out there from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, hypnotherapy and psychotherapy. Recognising the signs is the biggest task. There are groups out there that go to extreme lengths to help parents and their children with mental health issue. One example is Circles Network in the Midlands – https://www.circlesnetwork.org.uk….
Childline reveals it gave out 50 counselling sessions on self-harm a day last year to “deeply unhappy” children.
Social media has contributed to a rise in incidents of self-harm among children, a charity has warned.
Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act found 18,778 children aged 11 to 18 were admitted to hospital for self harm in 2015/16, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) found.
That figure represents a 14% rise on the 16,416 hospital admissions in 2013/14, the data from England and Wales shows.
Youngsters aged 13 to 17 were most likely to end up in hospital for self-harm, including injuries from cutting, overdosing on pills or burning themselves.
Figures from the Childline helpline run by the NSPCC showed it delivered 18,471 counselling sessions on self-harm last year – roughly 50 a day.
https://news.sky.com/story/social-media-to-blame-for-14-rise-in-self-harm-hospital-admissions-10688539
