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Hurting from the Inside Out: Understanding Self-Injury

By Janis Whitlock and Penelope Hasking — 2017

It's a paradox: Some students habitually hurt themselves physically to feel better emotionally. When educators understand more, they can help more.

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An Overview of Self-Injury and Cutting

Self-injury involves self-inflicted, non-suicidal bodily harm that is severe enough to either cause tissue damage or to leave marks that last several hours.

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Nancy Schimelpfening
2020
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15 Things to Do Instead of Self-Harming

Self-harm is undoubtedly prevalent in our society—especially among young people. It's difficult to know just how many people engage in self-harm, but some studies have found that as many as 20 percent of high school students and 40 percent of college students have self-harmed.

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Katherine Schreiber
2017
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Explainer: What Is Self-Harm and Why Do People Do It?

Deliberately inflicting pain or injury by cutting oneself or some other form of self-mutilation seems incomprehensible to many people. But it’s a common, typically secretive, experience for about 8% of adolescents and young adults.

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Simon Crisp
2013
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The History and Mentality of Self-Mutilation

An estimated 2 million Americans practice some form of self-injury, and there is a common misperception that — like anorexia — the problem afflicts mostly young women. But self-mutilation isn't exclusively a modern adolescent issue.

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NPR
2005
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Understanding Why People Cut Themselves, Hide It, and How to Help

When someone harms themselves by cutting, burning, punching, or engaging in other forms of self-injury (without intending for death to be an end goal), they’re engaging in what’s known as non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI).

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Jennifer Chesak
2017
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The Truth About Self-Harm

This booklet aims to help you understand more about self-harm and what to do if you are worried about yourself or someone else. It explains what self-harm is, what to do if you or someone you know is self-harming, and how to get help.

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Mental Health Foundation
2020
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Cutting and Self-Harm Behaviors in Teens

These behaviors are more common than you might think with an estimated range of 6.4% to 30.8% of teens admitting to trying to harm themselves.

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Vincent Iannelli
2020
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