A study conducted by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center found a connection between self-harm and sexual behavior among teenagers. The report appears in the June issue of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

"...frequent self-cutters - teens who have cut themselves more than three times - used condoms less consistently, were more likely to share cutting instruments, and had less self-restraint. The study is the first to examine whether these teens engage in the same level of risk behaviors as those who've only experimented with cutting once or twice."

The study revealed important distinctions between teens who self-harm more regularly and teens who have only done so once or twice. Researchers hope the new information will help the medical community better identify and treat these two distinct groups of troubled teenagers. Source: Medical News Today

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