One in nine adolescents has serious thoughts of suicide each year—and many schools say they don’t have enough counselors to ...

Mental health experts say one thing is critical to understand: self-injury is often a signal of emotional pain — not a desire to die.

Editor’s note • This article discusses suicide. If you or people you know are at risk of self-harm, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for 24-hour support. The Supreme Court’s ...

March is self-harm awareness month, and experts say self-injury doesn’t always mean someone is suicidal.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emergency department visits for self-harm have spiked since the pandemic. Experts explain the psychology behind the behavior and ...

Content warning: this story includes graphic descriptions of dangerous self-harm behaviors. The Google-funded AI company Character.AI is hosting chatbots designed to engage the site’s largely underage ...

Among adolescents, rates of nonfatal self-harm may be higher in older teens, females, and those who are multiracial, according to an analysis of data from hospitals in California. Researchers analyzed ...