{"id":113,"date":"2025-04-03T15:06:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/?p=113"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:07:26","slug":"self-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/2025\/04\/03\/self-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Harm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The term \u2018self-harm\u2019 or \u2018self-injury\u2019 usually refers to someone causing themselves harm. Self-harm is often a physical<br \/>\nresponse to emotional pain and\/or intolerable experiences. It can also include self-neglect and engaging in risk<br \/>\ntaking behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Self-harm has a function for every individual who self-harms and stopping is not always straightforward even when they<br \/>\nmay want to.<\/p>\n<p>Self-harm is behaviour that is done deliberately to harm oneself. At least 10% of adolescents report having self-harmed.<br \/>\nSelf-harm can include, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>self-cutting<\/li>\n<li>taking an overdose<\/li>\n<li>hitting or bruising<\/li>\n<li>intentionally taking too little or too much medication<\/li>\n<li>burning<\/li>\n<li>hanging<\/li>\n<li>suffocation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below you will find links to information aimed at supporting families to support children who are self-harming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/uploads\/sites\/11928\/2025\/04\/03150645\/Coping-with-Self-Harm-Brochure_FINAL_copyright.pdf\">Coping with Self Harm Brochure_FINAL_copyright<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/uploads\/sites\/11928\/2025\/04\/03150653\/Supporting-Your-Child-Self-Harming-Guide-for-Families-Papyrus.pdf\">Supporting Your Child &#8211; Self Harming Guide for Families Papyrus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngminds.org.uk\/parent\/parents-a-z-mental-health-guide\/self-harm\/\">Self-Harm &amp; Mental Health | Guide For Parents | YoungMinds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.papyrus-uk.org\/self-harm\/\">Self-harm | Papyrus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nspcc.org.uk\/keeping-children-safe\/childrens-mental-health\/self-harm\/\">Understanding Child Self-Harm &amp; Keep Them Safe | NSPCC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term \u2018self-harm\u2019 or \u2018self-injury\u2019 usually refers to someone causing themselves harm. Self-harm is often a physical response to emotional pain and\/or intolerable experiences. It can also include self-neglect and engaging in risk taking behaviour. Self-harm has a function for every individual who self-harms and stopping is not always straightforward even when they may want&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/2025\/04\/03\/self-harm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Self Harm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/familylearningatwallacewellps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}