Self-Harm in Australia
Recently at NakedMedicine.com, I did an interview with Dr. Serani on self-injury. This is coming from a U.S. perspective.
In Australia, a government-funded initiative is underway to help train school counselors on self-harm (self-injury or cutting). Currently there is no data on prevalence of self-harming in Australia.
A company called Streetwize is working on a comic book that will help increase awareness of self-harm in Australia: “Streetwize, with funding from NSW DoCS and in partnership with the NSW peak-homelessness body YAA (Youth Accommodation Association), is currently working on a new comic about young people who self-harm or are at risk of self-harming. The project also includes a Worker’s Kit, for service providers in the refuge / SAAP sector, which will look at some intervention strategies with young people who self-harm. DoCS will initiate training for workers at the close of the project.”
More information may also be found at Beyond Blue, Australia’s National Depression Initiative.
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