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<p>The Government is committed to preventing self-harm among children and young people
of all ages. In 2017 Public Health England introduced the Rise Above programme that
offers advice to young people on dealing with difficult emotions and situations that
can lead to problems such as stress, bullying and self-harm.</p><p>The current Healthy
Child Programme (from 0-5 years old) aims to support early identification of problems
with an emphasis on support for mothers and fathers or partners to provide sensitive
and attuned parenting.</p><p>On 17 June 2019, it was announced that tailored advice
will be provided to parents on supporting their children’s mental health and well-being
by 2020 through the ‘Every Mind Matters’ campaign. This will include information on
subjects such as stress, screen time, online bullying, body image and self-harm.</p><p>Ministers
wrote to social media and internet providers on 26 January to express concern about
suicide and self-harm content. The companies have committed to increasing their efforts
by establishing and funding a strategic partnership with the Samaritans to tackle
this content and support vulnerable users of their platforms.</p>
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