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Youth Self-Injury Visits Rise Annually

A meta-analysis in 12 high-income countries found increasing health care encounters for self-injury among patients aged 24 years and younger, with steeper rises among female patients.

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    Self-injury encounters increased 4% annually (2000-2024).

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    Females had a higher rise than males (3.6% vs 1.2%).

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    Data pooled from 42 studies across 12 OECD countries.

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    Baseline self-injury visit rate in 2000 was 10.2 per 10,

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    Social media may exacerbate self-injury rates.

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    Need for targeted prevention strategies highlighted.

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    Limitations included coding variability and underrepresentation of some regions.

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Youth Self-Injury Visits Rise Annually

  • by Kerri Miller

  • March 19, 2026

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