Contents
Illustrations, interviews, case
studies and charts
Acknowledgements and credits
Foreword
Preface
Cautions, disclaimer,
and notes
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Exploring self-injury and self-harm
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Looking beyond the myths
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Further insights into self-injury
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Media assertions and attitudes to self-injury,
the magnitude of the problem and controversies
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Two research studies examined
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Childhood trauma, negative core beliefs,
perfectionism and self-injury
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The cycle of self-injury and the eight Cs of
self-injury
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Dissociation and self-injury
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Hurting and healing: true stories
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Heal thyself
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Guidance for family and friends, and teens
considering self-injury
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Guidelines for those working with self-injury
and related issues
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Creative works by contributors
Appendix 1 Table of
acronyms and colloquialisms
Appendix 2
DSM-IV-TR criteria for
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
DSM-IV-TR criteria for Depersonalisation Disorder
(DP)
DSM-IV-TR criteria Borderline Personality disorder
(BPD)
Disorders of Extreme Stress Not Otherwise
Specified (DESNOS) Proposed Criteria
Appendix 3 Questionnaires
Appendix 4 Self-injury monitoring charts
Appendix 5 CIS’ters:
Member Code of Contact
Appendix 6 Case
studies: training resource
References
Resources
Further reading
Index