The downloads of the free Calm Harm app have been made during the last 18 months and four out of five have been made by young women aged 10 to 23.
The latest NHS statistics show that 15 per cent of 17 to 19-year-olds and 5.5 per cent of 11 to 16-year-olds have self-harmed or made a suicide attempt.
The app has been created by London charity stem4, which is dedicated to supporting teenage mental health. It is the brainchild of the charity’s founder, consultant clinical psychologist Dr Nihara Krause, who was concerned that young people at risk of self-harm were accessing unsafe information online.
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