Dr Nicholas Westers is an associate professor of psychiatry at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. His career is devoted to the research and practice of adolescent psychology, development and risk assessment for self-harm. Dr Westers is a licensed clinical psychologist at Children’s Medical Center and chair of social media for the International Society for the Study of Self-injury. Dr Westers has published research in the British Journal of Psychiatry, American Journal of Public Health, Archives of Suicide Research and more.