To go against the grain here; don't lie to them. Otherwise they could happily discharge you from service or put you on immediate medical suspension. Indeed, don't ever lie to an employer, because that just gives them ammunition should they be concerned about what's happened.
What you could do though is talk (or ring) an army careers centre over this. If it's been a while since your self harm (i'm sure they say five years), then hopefully, with a psychiatric assesment that marks you as "safe" you should be ok to go ahead and join up.
The army does have to be extremely vigilant over mental health though; after all, when you consider that through training and work, you're handling weapons and going through immensely hard, pressured and stressful training.
Basically, i'd be honest with them. You have far more to lose if you were to lie, join up and then be found out to have self harmed. The army is complex over these matters somehow; so i'd consult either careers office or your GP (most will be used to clearing/assessing for the army at a vary basic level).
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