新奇事件簿 少女自残率出现激增（在线收听）

There has been a steep rise in reports of self-harm among young teenage girls in the United Kingdom. A new study from the British Medical Journal reports that more and more girls aged 13 to 16 suffer from self-inflicted harm. Researchers from the University of Manchester looked at data on nearly 17,000 patients from more than 600 doctors' surgeries. The researchers found that there was a 68 per cent increase in self-harm among 13- to 16-year-old girls over the three-year period of the study. During the same period, rates stayed constant among 10- to 12-year-old girls and 17- to 19-year-olds. The study said self-harm rates among girls are three times higher than those for boys.

英国少女自残报告出现激增。来自《英国医学杂志》一份最新研究报道，越来越多13至16岁的女孩自我伤害。来自曼彻斯特大学的研究人员查看了600多名医生外科手术近1.7万名病人的数据。研究人员发现，过去三年研究期间，13岁到16岁少女自我伤害数量增加了68%。同期，10到12岁女孩和17到19岁女孩的数字没有变化。研究称，女孩的自残率是男孩的三倍。

Doctor Nav Kapur, study author and professor of psychiatry and population health, said increasing stress and psychological problems were probably what was fuelling the trend. He said: "We must take self-harm seriously. It's important to understand its underlying causes." A UK children's charity said: "Self-harm can often be an expression of a deeper problem, which is why early intervention services to support these children are vital. Without this, the consequences really can be a matter of life or death." Self-harm is one of the biggest risk factors for suicide among teens. Suicide is now the second most common cause of death in the under-25s worldwide.

这份研究的作者，精神病学和人口卫生教授Nav Kapur医生表示，不断增加的压力和心理问题可能加剧了这一趋势。他表示：“我们必须严肃对待自我伤害的问题。必须深入理解潜在的原因。”英国一个儿童慈善机构表示：“自我伤害通常反映了更深入的问题，所以对这些少女进行早期干预至关重要。否则，结果可能危及生命，甚至造成死亡。”自我伤害是青少年自杀一个最大的风险因素。目前，自杀是全世界25岁以下年轻人死亡第二大原因。