Upcoming event helps youth support friends who practice self-harm
Dr. Nicholas Westers, a clinical psychologist at Children’s Health and an associate professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Courtes y Photo
A youth event focused on supporting friends who selfharm will be hosted by New Covenant and First Baptist churches, in partnership with the Lampasas Ministerial Alliance.
According to a study published in the October 2018 Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, one in five adolescents have engaged in self-injury at some point, and one in 18 have done so six or more tim…
