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The awful truth is that attitudes like these show we still aren’t taking young people’s mental health seriously

After 30 years supporting people who use self-harm we still find that these are some of the most enduring myths, and it is both saddening and frustrating to see them being parroted in a national newspaper by a medical professional who should know better.
Bristol Women’s Groups Celebrate Decades of Grassroots Activism with Cake, Improv Theatre and Speed Dating

Self injury Support and Bristol Women's Voice hosted a city-wide celebration of women's grassroots health activism on 25th April in Bristol.
Self injury Support discusses the impact of social media on Woman's Hour 8/2/19

Listen to our Director, Naomi Salisbury and Jane Garvey, BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour presenter, discuss the decision by instagram to ban images of self harm.
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Short and long term helpful responses to self-injury
Risk Factors

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About Us - Our Vision, Our Mission, Our Values

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Launch of Self-Harm Prevention App distrACT

Self injury Support was involved in the development of the distrACT a self-harm prevention app launched in Bristol in November 2017.