@article{ref1,
title="How, when and where to intervene in self-harm in youth in low- and middle-income countries: thinking beyond healthcare systems",
journal="International journal of social psychiatry",
year="2023",
author="Aggarwal, Shilpa and Armstrong, Greg",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="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. <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7640",
doi="10.1177/00207640231174368",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00207640231174368"
}