Concept

Self-harm

Properties

Alt label
  • Self harm
  • Self mutilation
  • Self-mutilation
SES ID
  • 92959
  • 50998
  • 50999
  • 51001
Notation
  • 92959
In scheme
Broader
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Definition
  • The phrase ‘self-harm’ is used to describe a range of things that people do to their own bodies in a deliberate and usually hidden way. It does not include eating disorders, drug and alcohol misuse or risk-taking behaviours such as unsafe sex or dangerous driving.