How to Use self-harm in a Sentence
self-harm
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About a quarter of the orders arose from threats of self-harm.
— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024 -
Clark turned to self-harm in an effort to treat herself.
— Kaitlyn Pohly, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024 -
Still, in his world as in our own, the question of harm, and self-harm, is a serious one.
— Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023 -
One man is in prison, while another is a girl wrestling with thoughts of self-harm.
— Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023 -
But most would not be able to and would be at risk of substance abuse, self-harm or suicide.
— Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023 -
Her vision is to keep youth out of gangs and to keep veterans safe from self-harm.
— Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023 -
Suicidal ideation refers to thoughts of self-harm and suicide.
— Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 6 July 2024 -
There were troughs, like thoughts of self-harm and, later, suicide attempts.
— Eli Cahan, The New Republic, 10 July 2023 -
Help for thoughts of self-harm can be obtained by calling the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline 988.
— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024 -
While most of the shootings involved assaults or self-harm, some were accidents, like Aaron's seemed to be.
— Stephanie Colombini, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024 -
During the interview, Pauley asked Meghan about her decision to open up about her own thoughts of self-harm.
— Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2024 -
Without the proper treatment, people like Merit are at risk of self-harm.
— Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024 -
There were no gendarmes on Trump’s tail, no threat of violence or self-harm, no real suspense.
— Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023 -
The state found that one boy had to be taken to a hospital for self-harming after the ranch failed to give him his medication for 26 days.
— Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023 -
Suicide: when someone takes their own life in an intentional act of self-harm.
— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024 -
An acute change in mood that persists for weeks or is associated with thoughts of self-harm should not be ignored.
— John Williamson, Fortune Well, 2 Mar. 2023 -
As a teen, the Pitch Perfect actress struggled with anorexia, depression, and self-harm for nearly a decade.
— Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023 -
Dry lips, acne and self-harm scars on her upper arms were all fabricated.
— Lexi Carson, Variety, 17 May 2024 -
The most likely explanation for the rise in teen depression, self-harm and suicide was the rise in these new technologies.
— Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2023 -
But her bright, kind child began self-harming, with a suicide attempt at age 13 that ended in the hospital.
— Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023 -
The most compelling response is to look at charts that measure rates of anxiety and depression, self-harm, or suicide among teenagers.
— Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2024 -
As this week’s Supreme Court case reminds us, youth can be lured into extremism or self-harm via online content.
— Patrick T. Brown, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023 -
The number of adults sentenced to more than ten years in prison more than doubled—until the system caved in, overrun by violence, self-harm, drug use, and staff shortages.
— Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024 -
The state does not have a red-flag law, which would allow family members or friends to ask a court to take firearms away from a person thought to be at risk of self-harm or to pose a danger to others.
— Perry Stein, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023 -
Maine does not have a red-flag law, which would allow family members or friends to ask a court to take firearms away from a person thought to be at risk of self-harm or to pose a danger to others.
— Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2023 -
Moms in mental distress are less likely to take great care of a newborn or go to the doctor themselves and are more likely to abuse substances or contemplate self-harm.
— Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2024 -
If a teenage girl posts a picture depicting self-harm, Discord will remove the picture under its policies.
— Casey Newton, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2023 -
That was really interesting to me, because I’m covered in old self-harm scars.
— Cat Zhang, Pitchfork, 11 Sep. 2023 -
Last year, a coroner in Britain ruled that Instagram had contributed to the death of a teenager who took her own life after seeing thousands of images of self-harm on the platform.
— Natasha Singer, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023 -
Rural residents also have 1½ times the rates of ER visits for self-harm as urban residents.
— Cheryl Platzman Weinstock, CBS News, 10 July 2023
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