Self Harm Awareness for Young People/Suicide Awareness and Ligature Training
Target Group
Managers, team leaders, support workers who work with young people.
Self-harm in young people is often understood to be a physical response to emotional pain of some kind, and can be extremely addictive. Some self harm behaviours in young people are quite well known, such as cutting, burning or pinching, but there are many, many ways to injure oneself , including abusing drugs and alcohol or having an eating disorder.