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This essay explores the rationale behind self-harm as a coping mechanism and discusses the health care interventions implemented for individuals who engage in self-harm.

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Self Harm- Doc

This essay explores the rationale behind self-harm as a coping mechanism and discusses the health care interventions implemented for individuals who engage in self-harm.

   Added on 2020-01-23

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3Statistics (Australian Bureau of Statistics)......................................................................................3What is self harm.............................................................................................................................3Rationale behind self harm..............................................................................................................4Treatment for self harm...................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTIONSelf is also known as deliberate self injury or para-suicide. The most common methodsare cutting and self poisoning among the young people (Buckley and et.al., 2015). There areother methods like burning, scratching, hanging and interfering with wound healing. Usually,self harms should be taken seriously even though they are not intended to be fatal. Self harm is acriminal offence according to Crimes Act 1958.STATISTICS (AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS)Self harm has been the 7th leading contributor to disease among people in Australia. Less than 13% of the people who harm themselves are admitted in the hospitals (Hawtonand et.al., 2015).8% of young people between the ages of 15-24 years are involved in self harm in any 12month period.Suicides are done mostly by males while self harm by females (Hiles and et.al., 2015). Lifetime prevalence rates:Age groupFemales (In percentage) Males (In percentage) 15-19171220-242418Mean age of self harm inAustralia17 years (More common in females)Hospitalization for self harm(2010-11) 26,000 casesWHAT IS SELF HARMSelf harm is a behaviour in which a person deliberately injures himself in order to cope upwith painful feelings. It includes anger, depression, despair, self hatred, etc. (Ougrin and et.al.,2015). It usually includes burning, cutting, hitting, binge eating and starvation. It can alsoinclude abuse of alcohol or drugs and even overdosing on prescribed medicines. Most of thepeople who do self harm conceal their injuries. For example, wearing long sleeves or coveringtheir wounds etc. They never use medical help for treating their injuries (Zubrick and et.al.,
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