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Young people who identify as 'goths' may be at an increased risk of depression and self harm, according to research published in the The Lancet Psychiatry journal.

The research finds that teenagers who identify themselves as goths at the age of 15, are three times more likely to be clinically depressed, and five times more likely to self-harm at the age of 18. Newsday spoke to the co-author of the report, Dr Rebecca Pearson from Bristol University, and to Mary Rose who describes herself as a goth.

(Photo: A woman poses in gothic clothing. Credit: Adam Berry/Getty Images)