Self-Injury & Self-Harm

The causes, meaning, and treatment of self-injurious behaviors and intentional self-harm – differentiating these behaviors from suicidal behavior, and understanding why they occur and how to manage them.

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Alderman, Tracy
The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted Violence. New Harbinger Publications, 1997

Conterio, Karen, & Lader, Wendy
Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program for Self-Injurers. Hyperion, 1999

Elkind, David
The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon. Addison-Wesley, 2001

Kaysen, Susanna
Girl Interrupted. Vintage Books, 1994

Levenkron, Steven
Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation. W.W. Norton, 1998

Miller, Dusty
Women Who Hurt Themselves: A Book of Hope and Understanding. HarperCollins, 1995

Pipher, Mary
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Ballantine Books, 1995

Strong, Marilee
A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain. Penguin Books, 1999

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