New guidelines on self-harm have been released by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). 
The guidelines give evidence-based recommendations for assessment, management and preventing recurrence and is aimed at healthcare professionals and social care practitioners, commissioners and providers, education settings’ staff, third sector organisations, the criminal justice system and people using self-harm services, their families and carers.
Self-harm is when someone damages or injures their body on purpose, including taking an overdose of medication or other substances.
Some people may only harm themselves once but around 20% of people self-harm again within a year, according to NICE.
Most people do not go to hospital after they have self-harmed but those who do may be at even higher risk of repeat self-harm and suicide.
The guidelines include family support, compassionate approaches and emphasise again that clinical risk assessments to not predict self-harm suicide.