“…This first finding, therefore, suggests that more expansive research is required to better understand help-seeking for self-harm, with a sound starting point being to investigate For the column "Gender/Sex distribution", the notation "F" refers to female (i.e., participants identifying as female or reporting their assigned sex at birth as female), "M" refers to male (i.e., participants identifying as male or reporting their assigned sex at birth as male), "O" refers to other genders or sex, "P" refers to preferred not to say, and "NR" refers to not reported (e.g., in cases where the authors indicate that gender or sex information was collected in the study but this was not reported in the article) a The study by Laskite and Laskene (2011) reported sex distribution of their sample, but their study discussed gender differences in self-harm and help-seeking for self-harm. b The study by Vivier et al (2023) reported sex distribution of their sample, but their study discussed suicidal experiences in adolescents and aspects of these experiences that are common across gender and those specific to one gender Sen (2004) • Age • Gender identity the impact of policy initiatives and changes to these initiatives on help-seeking for self-harm. An example policy initiative in Australia is the Better Access initiative that provides rebates to eligible individuals so they can access up to 10 individual and up to 10 group allied mental health services (Australian Government Department of Health & Aged Care, 2022).…”