The cutters
According to a recent study in the behavior of children, those teens who cut themselves more than three times are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior. It has been noted in the study that these teens used condoms less during sex and are more prone to share their cutting instruments and they have less self restraint as compared to those who have cut themselves once or twice.
The researchers said that the continuous cutting of one’s self points them into the direction for future research regarding the behavior of troubled teens and their self-destructive nature.
If your child has been cutting themselves, it is recommended that they be taken to a psychiatrist and that they be recommended for additional psychiatric evaluation to address their sexual risk behaviors and also to minimize their HIV risk.