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Self-Harm and Eating Disorders
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Self-Harm and Eating Disorders
Self-Harm
- 79% of self-harming people are under 18.
- 9% of all self-harming people are between 19 and 23.
- 85% of self-harming people are female.
- Females who are younger than 18 make up 67% of self-harming people
- There are 713,000 hospital visits inflicted by self-harm.
- There are approximately 38,364 suicides and rising by the moment.
- Every 18 seconds someone will attempt suicide and every 2 minutes, someone will succeed.
- About 2 million people in the United States self-harm in some way.
- Every year, 1/6 people will engage in self-harm.
- Females make up 60% of all self-harming people.
What to do if you Know Someone who Self-Harms or Someone with an Eating Disorder
- Only 1/10 people with an eating disorder receive treatment.
- Up to 24 million people in the United States of America have an eating disorder.
- Anorexia is the third most common illness among kids and teens
- Over 1/2 of teenage girls and nearly 1/3 of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives
Eating Disorders
- Be calm and caring
- Accept them for who they are, even if you disagree with their behavior
- Know that this represents a way of emotional pain
- Listen with care.
- Get appropriate help for them to treat their disorder, (Start with talking to your guidance counselor and go from there)
- Almost 50% of all people with an eating disorder meet the criteria for depression
- 10-15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are male
- 20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder
- Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental disorder
- Female athletes are at the highest risk of having an eating disorder
What Not to do if you Know Someone who self-harms or has an eating disorder
- Do not show shock or revulsion to what they have done.
- Do not threaten them to stop their behavior.
- Do not push them to talk about it, it may be triggering for them to do this again.
- Do not be happy about this, it may make them want to do this more.
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