Dept. of Health Services: Health agency urges parents, caregivers to be aware of signs of self-harm after school breaks

As students begin the spring semester, the Department of Health Services (DHS) encourages parents and caregivers to be aware of Wisconsin Emergency Department data from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program that shows young people experience large increases in self-harm injuries at certain times of the year, including when school resumes after the winter holidays. Self-harming increased amon...