Steep rise in self-poisonings in children and adolescents
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 18:40
in Health & Medicine
Self-harm from self-poisoning in children and adolescents is not only increasing but starting at a younger age, finds new research. The study found there were more than 33,500 self-poisonings in young people in Australia from 2006 - 2016, with a 98 per cent increase over this time.