The purpose of this project is to look at deliberate self-harm in adolescences, focusing on youth ages seven to eighteen. (Hawthons , Saunders, and O'Connor 2012) defines self-harm as an intentional self-poisoning or self-injury irrespective of the type of motive or the extent of suicidal intent. According to Hawton, Rodham ,Evans and Weatherall (2003), deliberate self-harming, such as poisoning oneself or inflicting personal bodily harm, is fairly common in adolescents. Statistics reveal that at least 25,000 children and teenagers, throughout England, are either taken to emergency rooms or admitted to hospitals for issues of self-harm.
             Statistics reveal that self-harm is more common in female children and teenagers than males of the same age group (Hawton et al 2012). In central England, statistics show that deliberate
             self–harm occurred in a staggering 6.9% of young people, with 12.6% of them requiring admittance to a hospital (Williams and Padmanabhan 2008).
             Self harm is a dangerous and desperate cry for help. Skin cutting (or simply called "cutting") is the most common means teenagers use to inflict harm on themselves. Burning, scratching, biting, hitting, hair pulling and attempting to stop any wound healing process, are other typical forms of self-harm.
             What leads a child or adolescent to take the first step into inflicting injury on his/her self varies. Even though self-harm is known symptom of borderline personality disorder, patients with other mental or physical problems - such as substances abuse, eating disorders, schizophrenia, alcoholism or post-traumatic stress disorder - are more apt to inflict harm on themselves than a person deemed "healthy".
             At times, genetics contribute to the reason a young person may inflict self-harm. Genetics can increase developmental of psychological issues such as depression and anxiety, which in turn increase the risk of harmful behaviors (Kelly, 2013).
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