Nightnews 2006 Press Information

GOTH News :: Some OFFICIAL RESEARCH

Self-harm researcher says "Most self-harmed before becoming a Goth, suggesting they chose the subculture because they felt their emotional distress would be understood...."

Goths 'more likely to self-harm?' Self-harming is a strategy for coping with serious emotional problems Teenage Goths are more likely to self-harm than those in other social groups, a study has found.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4905898.stm

MRC Glasgow Study by Bob the Vampire :: Prevalence of deliberate self harm and attempted suicide within contemporary Goth youth subculture: longitudinal cohort study http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/rapidpdf/bmj.38790.495544.7Cv1
- it must be true, a vampyre researched and wrote it up!

This story contrasts with the latest GOTH RESEARCH by Dr Dunja Brill.
Read more from Sussex University here

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http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Nightnews/message/601
Sun Apr 23, 2006

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