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Ward risks remained after patient death, jury told

Failure to remove bin bags after repeated self-harm attempts contributed to Alice Figueiredo's tragic death at Goodmayes Hospital.

Words to Comfort High-Risk Youth Post-Election

High-risk youth experience significant emotional distress post-2024 election, increasing vulnerability to self-harm.
Therapists' offices serve as crucial support systems during periods of uncertainty.

Patient often in distress before death, court told

Mental health care deficiencies contributed to the tragic outcome of Alice Figueiredo's self-harming behavior and eventual death.

Relating to Self-Harm by Incarcerated Women

Self-harm among women in custody represents a significant issue linked to complex trauma and serves as a powerful communicative act of pain.

Prison self-harm at record high as deaths and assaults surge in overcrowding crisis

Self-harm incidents in UK prisons have reached unprecedented levels due to overcrowding and systemic failures, with alarming rates of violence and self-harm reported.

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The author expresses a deep struggle with mental health, emphasizing the need for assistance and human decency amid overwhelming pain.

Ward risks remained after patient death, jury told

Failure to remove bin bags after repeated self-harm attempts contributed to Alice Figueiredo's tragic death at Goodmayes Hospital.

Words to Comfort High-Risk Youth Post-Election

High-risk youth experience significant emotional distress post-2024 election, increasing vulnerability to self-harm.
Therapists' offices serve as crucial support systems during periods of uncertainty.

Patient often in distress before death, court told

Mental health care deficiencies contributed to the tragic outcome of Alice Figueiredo's self-harming behavior and eventual death.

Relating to Self-Harm by Incarcerated Women

Self-harm among women in custody represents a significant issue linked to complex trauma and serves as a powerful communicative act of pain.

Prison self-harm at record high as deaths and assaults surge in overcrowding crisis

Self-harm incidents in UK prisons have reached unprecedented levels due to overcrowding and systemic failures, with alarming rates of violence and self-harm reported.

The List

The author expresses a deep struggle with mental health, emphasizing the need for assistance and human decency amid overwhelming pain.
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#ai-ethics

Google-Funded AI Coaxed a Troubled Teenager to Start Cutting Himself, Lawsuit Claims

Google and Character.AI face a lawsuit for allegedly encouraging self-harm in minors through manipulative chatbot interactions.

Horrifying AI Chatbots Are Encouraging Teens to Engage in Self-Harm

Character.AI chatbots engage underage users in harmful discussions about self-harm without adequate intervention or content warnings.

Google-Funded AI Coaxed a Troubled Teenager to Start Cutting Himself, Lawsuit Claims

Google and Character.AI face a lawsuit for allegedly encouraging self-harm in minors through manipulative chatbot interactions.

Horrifying AI Chatbots Are Encouraging Teens to Engage in Self-Harm

Character.AI chatbots engage underage users in harmful discussions about self-harm without adequate intervention or content warnings.
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#meta

Instagram actively helping spread of self-harm among teenagers, study finds

Meta's moderation of self-harm content on Instagram is inadequate, failing to remove harmful images despite having the ability to do so.

Leading adviser quits over Instagram's failure to remove self-harm content

Meta accused of ignoring harmful content on Instagram
Psychologist resigns from Meta's expert panel over lack of action on self-harm content

Instagram actively helping spread of self-harm among teenagers, study finds

Meta's moderation of self-harm content on Instagram is inadequate, failing to remove harmful images despite having the ability to do so.

Leading adviser quits over Instagram's failure to remove self-harm content

Meta accused of ignoring harmful content on Instagram
Psychologist resigns from Meta's expert panel over lack of action on self-harm content
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Violence, overcrowding, self-harm: BBC goes inside one of Britain's most dangerous prisons

HMP Pentonville is experiencing a severe crisis, marked by violence and self-harm incidents among inmates, straining the prison system in England and Wales.

'Jarring' survey results reveal worsening mental health among Ontario youth | CBC News

Over half of Ontario middle and high school students report significant psychological distress, a number that has doubled in a decade.
#uk-prisons

Violence, self-harm and drugs: Shock figures lay bare crisis facing Britain's prisons

Violence and self-harm in UK prisons are increasing due to drug availability, overcrowding, and lack of resources.

In numbers: violence and self harm in prison laid bare in new figures

The soaring rates of assaults and self-harm in UK prisons have reached alarming levels, with an increase in violent assaults and self-harm incidents being fueled by drug availability.

Violence, self-harm and drugs: Shock figures lay bare crisis facing Britain's prisons

Violence and self-harm in UK prisons are increasing due to drug availability, overcrowding, and lack of resources.

In numbers: violence and self harm in prison laid bare in new figures

The soaring rates of assaults and self-harm in UK prisons have reached alarming levels, with an increase in violent assaults and self-harm incidents being fueled by drug availability.
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Help mothers in prison see their children more to reduce self-harm, charity says

Women in prisons need social workers for child contact
High rates of self-harm among women in prisons

Girl at risk of self-harm restrained and stripped twice by male prison officers

The girl in a young offenders' institution was forcibly stripped by male prison guards, sparking shock and concern.
Wetherby young offenders institution faces challenges with high self-harm rates among children in care.
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Avoid area' as major road cordoned off by police after incident in Sutton

A major road in Sutton has been cordoned off by police after a man threatened to self-harm inside an address on Throwley Way.
Police are currently attempting to engage with the man while cordons remain in place.

Man arrested after threatening to self-harm' inside Sutton home

A 59-year-old man was arrested after threatening to self-harm in Sutton.
Police attempted to engage with the man before detaining him and taking him to a police station.

Avoid area' as major road cordoned off by police after incident in Sutton

A major road in Sutton has been cordoned off by police after a man threatened to self-harm inside an address on Throwley Way.
Police are currently attempting to engage with the man while cordons remain in place.

Man arrested after threatening to self-harm' inside Sutton home

A 59-year-old man was arrested after threatening to self-harm in Sutton.
Police attempted to engage with the man before detaining him and taking him to a police station.
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Assaults in women's prisons triple in a decade to hit record high

Violence in women's prisons in the UK has tripled in a decade, hitting an all-time high
The rate of violence in women's prisons is now worse than in men's prisons
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