One concerned scientist fears this trend affecting pre-teens in the past six years shows the issue is spreading across age ranges.
Over the past year an average of 10 nine-to-12-year-olds a week needed hospital treatment after harming, figures show.
There were 508 admissions in total last year, compared with 221 in 2013-14.
When changes in population size are taken into account, this means rates have roughly doubled, according to an analysis by Radio 4’s File on 4 programme.
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