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Young People and Self-Harm For a number of years, Penumbra has been one of the main organisations in Scotland working in the field of self-harm, particularly in the 16-25 year old age group. Between 30-50% of young people we work with have experienced, or are experiencing, self-harm to some degree. We have organised several conferences on the subject and in January 2001 published a report on a piece of research we did in Edinburgh with young people who self-harm called “No Harm in Listening” (available from Penumbra H.Q). Click here to read about the main findings of the research. In January 2007 we appointed a Self-Harm Services Co-ordinator, Maria Naranjo who is responsible for developing and building Penumbra's current self-harm work as well as promoting good practice and service development across Scotland. Maria also promotes young people's involvement in all aspects of self-harm work and influences future policy discussions. Penumbra believes that young people are experts of their own lives and experiences and it is only by involving them can we provide the type of help they require. We have now gone on to develop a number of projects specifically focussing on self-harm which aim to bring together young people, carers and families, and professionals to jointly improve services for this group of young people.
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