Visual content and thematic analyses of images shared on social media before and after episodes of self-harm in a UK clinical youth sample

ObjectivesLittle is known about how young people use social media during periods of self-harm. This study aimed to explore how they express themselves online through images posted on social media before and after self-harm and how this expression may change across these periods, employing visual con...

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Published in:BMJ open 2026-01, Vol.16 (1), p.e103456
Main Authors: Bye, Amanda, Trevillion, Kylee, Wilson-Lemoine, Emma, Leightley, Daniel, Carter, Ben, Liakata, Maria, Hopper, Jaycee, Dutta, Rina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Cross-Sectional Studies
Eating behavior
Electronic health records
Female
Humans
Male
Mental disorders
Mental Health
Original Research
Participation
Peer tutoring
Poisoning
Prospective Studies
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Questionnaires
Recreational drugs
Self destructive behavior
Self-Injurious Behavior - psychology
Social Media
Social networks
Suicide & self-harm
United Kingdom
Young Adult
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