Did Self-Injury Increase During the COVID-19 Lockdown?, with Dr. Ruth Tatnell

The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health · Jan 27, 2023 · 39m

Early in the pandemic there was a lot of talk about how the initial lockdown and stay-at-home orders would affect people’s mental health, including risk for suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). In this episode, Dr. Ruth Tatnell answers questions about the pandemic's effects on rates of self-injury: Did the initial lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic increase self-injury urges and behaviors like many people thought would happen? And do we know if self-harm has increased, decreased, or stayed the same since the first lockdown of the pandemic?

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