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The phrase "commit self-harm" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used in discussions about mental health, psychology, or when addressing issues related to self-injury.
Example: "It's important to seek help if you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of committing self-harm."
Alternatives: "engage in self-injury" or "inflict harm on oneself."
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"No Australian government should be subjected to the spectacle of people saying, 'Unless you accept us, I am going to commit self-harm.' "I don't believe any Australian – any thinking Australian – would want us to capitulate to moral blackmail".
The Nauru Files showed, too, that those detained on the island suffer extreme rates of mental harm caused by detention, and commit self-harm and attempt suicide at endemic rates.
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"I want to strike a tone that stops the Scottish Labour party from committing self-harm.
Children regularly witness their parents committing self-harm, or are forced to intervene or raise the alarm.
"That anybody would ever contemplate saying or trying to do something like that in Australia as a way of responding to someone who has committed self-harm is totally unthinkable," said Young.
The judge said the abuse had led to some victims committing self-harm or needing psychiatric and medical treatment.
The deliberate ingestion of pesticides has been identified as the method most frequently used to commit fatal self-harm globally.
It defines suicide as "an intentional, self-inflicted act committed to do self-harm or cause the death of one's self".
That report found that more than 300 children committed or threatened self-harm in a 15-month period in Australian immigration detention, 30 reported sexual assault, nearly 30 went on hunger strike, and more than 200 were victims of assaults.
The report found that more than 300 children committed or threatened self-harm in a 15-month period in Australian immigration detention, 30 reported sexual assault, nearly 30 went on hunger strike and more than 200 were involved in assaults.
The Australian Human Rights Commission report, The Forgotten Children, found, over a 15-month period, more than 300 children committed or threatened self-harm in immigration detention, 30 reported sexual assault, nearly 30 went on hunger strike, and more than 200 were victims of assaults.
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