One in four Australian teenage girls has self-harmed, says report

Largest-ever survey of youth mental health has found 10% of all teenagers have engaged in self-harm, and one in every 13 has contemplated suicide

Alarming new figures show one in four Australian teenage girls have engaged in self-harm.

The largest-ever survey of youth mental health found 10% of teenagers had engaged in self-harm, and one in 13 had contemplated suicide. One in 40 actually attempted it.