• Information about self-harm
• Guide to talking about self-harm
• Useful links and resources
• Assessment for assessing self-harm and planning support
• Local resources

Information about self-harm

• What is self-harm?
• Thoughts of self-harm
• Acts of self-harm
• Young people and suicide
• Who is at risk of self-harm and suicide?
• Why do young people self-harm?
• What might trigger self-harm?
• How should I react if someone self-harms?

Talking with young people about self-harm is not always easy. It is a difficult to talk about and many people worry that if they talk about self-harm they might make things worse.

Sometimes a young person may talk to you about their self-harm but ask you not to tell anyone else.

SLEEP is an acronym to help you remember 5 important steps when talking with young people about self-harm.

• Stop
• Listen
• Empathise
• Explore what they are saying
• Plan what you will do

The web app provides a series of questions you can ask the young person.

How they answer these questions will inform a plan about the type of support they might require.

If at the end of this you are still unsure or worried about a young person then phone your local CAMHS team.

You can access the web app via a web browser on your desktop computer, tablet or smartphone.

harmLESS provides a series of questions you can ask the young person.

How they answer these questions will inform a plan about the type of support they might require.

If at the end of this you are still unsure or worried about a young person then phone your local CAMHS team.