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How, when and where to intervene in self-harm in youth in low- and middle-income countries: Thinking beyond healthcare systems

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  • Shilpa Aggarwal
  • Greg Armstrong

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Background: Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) account for 78% of global suicides. Self-harm is the clearest antecedent of suicide. The health and social systems have struggled to provide adequate evidence based help to young people with self-harm. In addition, the negative attitudes towards those who self-harm in these settings interfere with help-seeking behaviour. Aims and method: In our submission of a comment, we discuss the reasons for thinking beyond healthcare systems in LMICs to address self-harm in youth and the possible ways to achieve it. Results and conclusion: We truly believe that harnessing the potential of social systems such as schools is important for addressing self-harm in LMICs. We present our arguments in favour of feasible measures that can be implemented to achieve this.

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  • Shilpa Aggarwal & Greg Armstrong, 2023. "How, when and where to intervene in self-harm in youth in low- and middle-income countries: Thinking beyond healthcare systems," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 69(7), pages 1837-1839, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:69:y:2023:i:7:p:1837-1839
    DOI: 10.1177/00207640231174368
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