According to the study, social media encourages young people to engage in self-harming behavior

Images of self-harm on social media can encourage youth with a history of non-suicidal self-harm behavior (NSSI), according to a study. “Our study shows that visual content on social media can significantly contribute to increasing the urge to self-harm, especially in young people who are already at risk,” said lead author Andreas Goreis from the University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Med-Uni Vienna on Monday.