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'1-in-12 teens self-harm'

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According to a new study, as many as 1 in 12 people self-harm as teenagers, the majority of them girls.

A former self harmer shares her story with the Today programme's Tom Feilden and Dr Paul Moran of the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College Hospital has the details of their study into self harming.


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