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Self-harm among certain primary school-aged children prompts calls for intervention efforts – News-Medical.Net

New research reveals that some primary school-aged children have self-harmed, prompting calls for intervention efforts to start earlier.

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New research reveals that some primary school-aged children have self-harmed, prompting calls for intervention efforts to start earlier.
Led by researchers at the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), the study assessed more than 1200 children living in Melbourne, Australia, each year from age 8-9 years (wave 1) to 11-12 years (wave 4).
Data were drawn from the MCRI Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study, a longitudinal study with a broad focus on health,…

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