All news on the topic: Self-harm

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Tech firms need to 'act now' to protect children from online harm, says Ofcom
The regulator said the 247 children it spoke to during a research workshop had commonly encountered violent 18+ gaming content, verbal discrimination and fighting
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'My kids had phone calls cut off when I was in jail - the rules need to change'
An estimated 17,000 children are affected by having a mum in prison every year and many will be separated on Mother’s Day this Sunday as experts call for more support
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Worrying figures expose number of suicides at Jobcentres and benefit offices
The data uncovered through Freedom of Information requests will reinforce fears over the effect of the Government’s punitive welfare policies including sanctions
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Post Office scandal's cruel human cost - cancer, suicide, electric shock therapy
After a faulty new computer system began flagging financial errors at Post Office branches, employees were wrongly convicted of fraud and theft, with some imprisoned and others left bankrupt
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'Parents say I'm a failure because I don't have PhD like all my other siblings'
Academic family belittles creative son's 'fantasy' book deal, leading to an intense family feud that reignites his childhood trauma and self-harming past
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What it's really like to spend Christmas in a children's home without mum or dad
Violent outbursts, tears and loneliness make Christmas Day one of the hardest days of the year for children in the care system - we spoke to a former care worker about what it's really like to spend the day without family
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Nigel Farage's 'difficult' living arrangement with wife to 'affair with ex-aide'
Ex UKIP leader Nigel Farage has made it to the final of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
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Love Island's Belle Hassan details self harm battle amid struggle with self hate
Love Island 2019 star Belle Hassan has revealed her struggle with her self image and how "self hate" resulted in her self harming between the ages of 13 and 19
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'Loving and warm' woman dies after nurses think she is faking being unconscious
Edwige Nsilu, 20, was found with multiple ligatures around her neck at St Andrews Healthcare in Essex where she had been sectioned, an inquest heard
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Gemma Collins 'doesn't know' if she'll have kids after once being 'desperate'
TOWIE star Gemma Collins admits she is unsure if she will have children in the future after once being 'desperate' to become a mum and trying to conceive with fiancé Rami
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'My daughter died in self-harm gone wrong after watching chilling TikToks'
Maia Walsh tragically died at her mum's home in Hertford in what her dad Liam believes was an act of self-harm gone wrong, and now the heartbroken parent is determined to get to the bottom of what led her there
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Vile trolls who encourage people to self-harm will face up to five years in jail
Internet users who hide behind anonymous profiles will be prosecuted whether victims go on to injure themselves or not as part of additions to new online safety laws.
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Mum of tragic student says daughter was raped by football star as others watched
University of Dayton student Quinn Moffett, 22, was found dead from what was thought to be an accidental drug overdose in Ohio, US - her mum, however, puts her death down to her alleged rape by a college football star
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Tributes after 'loving' dad, 23, tragically dies in self-harm act gone wrong
Callum Dodds, 23, was found lying on his bed in Hull last August - his mum described him as a 'lovely lad' who 'had a really strong work ethic and 'wanted to help everyone'
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Audience walkouts for James Norton play depicting rape, torture and child abuse
Happy Valley star performs distressing scenes in A Little Life while lying naked on the stage – and ends up covered in blood after graphic depictions of self-harm
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Dad falsely accused of being head of grooming gang reveals son self-harmed
Mohammed Ramzan, 43, was one of several men falsely accused by fantasist Eleanor Williams, 22, of grooming and trafficking women, has spoke about the impact on his family
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'Chaotic' mental health unit where 3 teens took own lives in just 8 months
The West Lane Hospital, in Middlesbrough, was found to be 'chaotic and unsafe' by a new report that revealed a number of "red flags" in the unit that included when one patient was told 'if you really wanted to kill yourself, you would be dead by now'
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Digital self-harm explained: Teens post hurtful things about themselves online
WARNING: This article may contain content some people find distressing. More and more youngsters are engaging in 'digital self-harm' - but what exactly is it?
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Social media firms 'must be made to pay for kids' mental health services' call
There were 734,000 children referred to the NHS’s mental health services last year - an enormous 84% increase from 2018-19. Experts want social media companies, 'who contribute to the problem', to help fund services and tackle waiting times
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Cara Delevingne had her first hangover at 7 as she shares extent of addiction
Model-turned-actress Cara Delivingne opened up about her struggles with substance abuse, admitting it started at the young age of seven
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Gemma Collins' toughest chapter of self harm and baby loss before brave recovery
TOWIE's gregarious star Gemma Collins suffered a string of traumas that plunged her mental health into crisis