Study finds self-harm in kids often involves household items - UPI.com

Cases of self-harm involving 6- to 12-year-olds have risen sharply, and researchers warn that common household products are often involved.

Their findings appear in Monday's issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Researchers analyzed more than 1.5 million reports made to U.S. poison control centers from 2000 to 2023.

While overall substance exposures in kids rose more than 50%, the number of cases linked to suspected suicide or self-harm intent increased up to fourfold, said study co-author Dr. Hannah Hays, chief of toxicology at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and medical director of the Central Ohio Poison Center.

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