Suicide and deliberate self harm in young people

Key Points

• The central aim is to understand the prevalence of deliberate self-harm and suicidal thoughts among young people.
• Analyzed self-harm behaviors and suicidal intentions in adolescents.
• Reviewed relevant literature on self-harm prevalence.
• Estimated rates of self-harm and suicidal thoughts among different adolescent age groups.
• Between 7%-14% of adolescents report self-harm behaviors at some point in their life.
• 20%-45% of older adolescents have reported experiencing suicidal thoughts.