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Clear legal basis needed to combat violence against women by European Parliament
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  • Post category:Mental health / Self-Harm
  • Post published:July 2, 2013

Self-harm can be used as a form of self-punishment for something that the self-harmer has done, thinks they have done, are told by someone else that they have done, or that they have allowed to be done to themselves.

Source: What is self-harm? @ SelfHarm.co.uk

Further help

  • Harmless (www.harmless.org.uk)
  • National Self Harm Network (www.nshn.co.uk)

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