Health information

• Self-harm is when people deliberately hurt their bodies.
• People sometimes self-harm as a way to cope with strong physical or emotional pain and distress.
• For some, it happens once, but for others it can happen many times or become a repeated behaviour.
• Self-harming behaviour is treatable.
• If a person is self-harming, it doesn’t always mean they’re thinking about suicide.

Further information and support can be found on the Better Health Channel, headspace and Beyond Blue.