A local nonprofit is sounding the alarm over increasing rates of self-harm and thoughts of suicide among young people in the Finger Lakes region and calling for school-based responses to prevent further harm.
Common Ground Health’s report points to a surge of emergency department visits for self-harm among children and teens ages 6 to 17.
“Of the 1,903 youth in the Finger Lakes region who sought ED care for self-harm, 71% of them returned to the ED at least one more time that same year for additional behavioral health treatment,” the report states…