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Health
Maureen Dettre

HISTORICAL FACTS: Children as young as 10 self harming - Caught on Camera

Children are a high-risk group for self-harm and repeated self-harm, a new study shows. (Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Children as young as 10 are self-harming and suicide is being discussed among pupils in primary school playgrounds.

More than 6000 adolescents aged 10-14 attended a NSW hospital emergency department for self-harm between 2014 and 2019 - with 2276 of them presenting more than once.

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