Children who are bullied before the age of 12 are up to three times more likely to self harm than those who are not.<\/p>\n
Researchers from King’s College London, studied data on 2141 children born between 1994\/95 in England and Wales.<\/p>\n
They found that of 237 children who were frequent victims of bullying, 8 per cent had self harmed.<\/p>\n
Of the 1904 who had not been bullied, only 2 per cent had self harmed.<\/p>\n
The findings published on Bmj.com, also revealed that certain factors increased the risk of self harm in children who were bullied.<\/p>\n
These were a family history of self harm and behavioural and emotional problems.<\/p>\n
Self-harm symptoms were classed as: cutting and biting arms; pulling out clumps of hair; banging head against walls; attempted suicides by strangulation.<\/p>\n
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