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Why Do Teens Cut Themselves

2018

Teens are constantly facing new emotions and stressful experiences. Dr. Sarah Garwood discusses why some teens may consider self-harm and how parents can help recognize the warning signs.

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Remember this When You’re Sad: Lessons Learned on the Road from Self-Harm to Self-Care

Turning 27, Maggy had the worst mental health experience of her life so far. She ended a three-year relationship, was almost fired (twice), went to A&E over twelve times, saw three different therapists and had three different diagnoses. But she didn't let that year stop her.

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Maggy Van Eijk
2018
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How Not to Fall Apart: Lessons Learned on the Road from Self-Harm to Self-Care

Maggy van Eijk knows the best place to cry in public. She also knows that eating super salty licorice or swimming in icy cold water are things that make you feel alive but, unlike self-harm, aren't bad for you. These are the things to remember when you're sad.

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Maggy van Eijk
2018
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Cutting Down: A CBT Workbook for Treating Young People Who Self-harm

A quarter of adolescents engage in some form of self-harm and even experienced therapists can find working with these young people difficult.

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Lucy Taylor, Mima Simic, Ulrike Schmidt
2015
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When Your Child Is Cutting: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children Overcome Self-Injury

This book offers you information and advice for dealing with a child who is hurting him or herself. Learn why self-injury happens, how to identify it, and how to address this sensitive topic with calm and confidence.

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Sony Khemlani-Patel, Merry McVey-Noble, Fugen Neziroglu
2006
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The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted Violence

It happens whenever a person deliberately and repeatedly cuts or burn themselves, or purposefully hurts themselves in some other way. It's disturbing and dangerous behavior, and so hard to stop that many researchers consider it a kind of addiction.

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Tracy Alderman
1997
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Cover Up: Understanding Self-Harm

Cover Up: Understanding Self-Harm is a guide for parents, teachers, therapists or anyone who lives with, supports or provides therapy for people who self-harm. This book blows away the stigma and myths that are attached to this distressing behavior.

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Joan Freeman
2010
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Healing Self-Injury: A Compassionate Guide for Parents and Other Loved Ones

Healing Self-Injury provides desperately-needed guidance to parents and others who love a young person struggling with self-injury.

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Janis Whitlock, Elizabeth Lloyd-Richardson
2019
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Psyche on the Skin: A History of Self-Harm

It’s a troubling phenomenon that many of us think of as a modern psychological epidemic, a symptom of extreme emotional turmoil in young people, especially young women: cutting and self-harm.

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Sarah Chaney
2019
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Understanding and Responding to Self-Harm—The One Stop Guide: Practical Advice for Anybody Affected by Self-Harm

Self-harm is increasingly prevalent in our society. But few of us understand why, or know what to do to help ourselves, friends or family in such situations. It can be very isolating.

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Allan House
2019
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Stopping the Pain: A Workbook for Teens Who Cut and Self Injure

If you’re cutting or hurting yourself you’re not alone. Thousands of teens across the country think that hurting themselves is the only way they can feel better, even though they continue to feel alone and out of control. There are a lot of reasons why teens hurt themselves.

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Lawrence Shapiro
2008
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