Anyone who engages in self-harm, or deliberate self-injury, is intentionally harming their bodies. When it comes to self-harm, we are talking about a set of behaviours rather than an illness or mental disorder.
Especially for young people, it is a response to distress, negative feelings or hopelessness. But such behaviour does not necessarily imply that the person wants to die’ and take out ‘even if self-harm can be a predetermining factor for suicide’