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Self-Harm - Why Do We Do It?

2012

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Psychologist’s Guide to Overcoming Depression, Anxiety & Intrusive Thought Patterns

If you are looking for a way of dealing with your depression, anxiety or other mental health issue, then you may be interested in the power of cognitive behavioral therapy. It is all about understanding a specific issue you are dealing with and teaching you to manage it effectively.

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David Clark
2018
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Unf*ck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

A no-nonsense and helpful guide on how to cope with a slew of mental-health issues that are hellbent on ruining the lives of millions of people worldwide.

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Faith Harper
2017
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The Shamanic View of Mental Illness

In the shamanic view, mental illness signals “the birth of a healer,” explains Malidoma Patrice Somé. Thus, mental disorders are spiritual emergencies, spiritual crises, and need to be regarded as such to aid the healer in being born.

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Stephanie Marohn
2014
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Self-Injury/Cutting

Nonsuicidal self-injury, often simply called self-injury, is the act of deliberately harming your own body, such as cutting or burning yourself. It's typically not meant as a suicide attempt.

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Mayo Clinic
2018
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Teens Talk About Cutting

We get lots of emails, especially about our articles on cutting. Sometimes people tell us about the feelings and emotions that surround cutting. Others share their ideas on how they stopped. We decided to put some of these suggestions and comments on our site.

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D'Arcy Lyness (Reviewer)
2016
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Schizophrenia: Hallucinations and Delusions

Learn how to recognize the varying types of halluncinations and delusions that are among the most common symptoms of schizophrenia.

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Kathleen Smith
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Hurting from the Inside Out: Understanding Self-Injury

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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Janis Whitlock and Penelope Hasking
2017
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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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