From working with groups of children in the summer (through leading camps and trips abroad), I noticed a horrendous trend making its way around groups of (especially) girls. The widespread popularity of self harm has become more evident.
Since when did harming yourself make you part of a cool group? Clearly, there are those that self harm allows them to release their pent up anger or stress or those that use it crave the attention that they so badly need but don't get... These are the people that should be receiving the adequate treatment as set out by this lovely flow chart (http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/self-harm).
Rather help them, than those who think it is the new craze... Get an iPhone, iPod and a few scratches on the arm garnered from a session with your friends. The fascination with this trend once 'associated-with-mental/crazy-people' seems to be spreading to everyone who wants to fit in.