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Take a look at the following statistics and see what you think...... one word that can describe it is shocking.
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Taken from the bbc news site....
Self-harm statistics
Self-harmers are 100 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population
In 1998 about 160,000 were admitted to A&E with self-harm injuries in England and Wales
Of those about 24,000
were teenagers
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25% of people believe only one in 1000 people have suicidal thoughts in any week, whereas the
real figure is one in 100. (Samaritans, Youth Matters - A cry for help)
Several studies have shown that approximately one out of every 100 people who are seen
at hospital for self-harm will die by suicide within a year of the self-harm. This is a suicide risk approximately 100 times
that of the general population.
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