Definition
In its broadest sense, self-harm describes a wide range of things that people do to themselves in a deliberate and usually hidden way, which are damaging.
Within this, the particular focus of the National Inquiry is:
- Cutting behaviours
- Other forms of self-harm, eg burning, banging, hair pulling
- Self-poisoning
The National Inquiry is not looking at: eating disorders, drug and alcohol misuse, risk taking behaviours such as unsafe sex, dangerous driving.