GUIDE LOOKING OUT FOR SELF-HARM ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Abstract

This guide aims to alert fathers, mothers and teachers about the particular language – coded language – that young people use on social media to talk about non-suicidal self-harm (also known as non-suicidal self-injury; hereinafter, we will also use the acronym NSSH). It is essential to inform, raise awareness and caution about these behaviours so that they are not directly associated with suicide. Identifying how young people create, share and consume social media content related to self-harm is essential in order to be able to help them.