According to Dr. Tracy Alderman, a San Diego psychologist and self-injury expert,
roughly 13-18% of teens in America deliberately hurt themselves. So what does that mean? How many youths is this disorder impacting? According to
US Census data from 2005, 6.8% of the US population is comprised of males ages 15-19, and 6.4% are girls. With a
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