Self-Harm and Suicide Risk in Young People: A Call for Personalised Assessment

Self-harm and Suicide Risk in Young People: A Call for Personalised Assessment

Self-harm affects roughly one in six adolescents and is a potent predictor of suicide. Yet the best-known risk-prediction tools correctly identify only a small minority of future suicides. Instead of relying on scores, clinicians should carry out compassionate, personalised assessments, followed by rapid follow-up and collaborative safety plans. A Widespread Issue with Serious Consequences Self-harm is common in adolescents, with a pooled lifeti…

Once Lebanon began to catch its breath as the frequency of the periodic crimes that weighed its diary decreased, the phenomenon of suicide returned to the front again. From the southern suburbs, where young Mary ended her life, she went to Saida, where she witnessed a suicide attempt on a 28-year-old girl, reaching Barber, Ashrafiyah, and Tel Abbas in Acar, the cases followed alarmingly.