A study conducted across 62 hospitals in 25 countries found that young youth presentations to emergency departments with self-harm doubled during the COVID-10 pandemic.

Wong, B. H. C., Cross, S., Zavaleta-Ramírez, P., Bauda, I., Hoffman, P., Ibeziako, P., … & Ougrin, D. (2023). Self-harm in children and adolescents who presented at emergency units during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international retrospective cohort study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(23)00062-X/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email