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	Adolescent Self-Harm - Student Information Pack   By The Youth and Family Team at Nillumbik Community Health Service (Australia). This information pack contains activities and resources designed to help reduce or stop self-harm. Although aimed at adolescents, much of its contents is also relevant to adults, and will be of use to people that self-harm in all countries. It includes Substitutes and Alternatives for Self-harming, details of Self-Harm Web Sites (world-wide), and six useful activities: 1: Who Can Help Me and How Can They Help? 2: The List of Lists (Ways to Identify and Access Resources); 3: Coping Strategies; 4: Thoughts and Feelings Record; 5: Thoughts, Feelings and Coping Strategies Worksheet, and 6: Help Card.
	Adolescent Self-harm The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
	CUT: Teens and Self-Injury - A documentary
	Hurting yourself Girl'sHealth.gov, Fairfax, VA Contains information on: What does hurting yourself mean? Why do some teens want to hurt themselves? Who are the people who hurt themselves? What are the signs of self-injury? Are you or a friend depressed, angry or having a hard time coping with life? Do you have a friend who hurts herself or himself? Have you been pressured to cut yourself by others who do it?
	Self-harm - A ChildLine Information Sheet (UK)
	Self-Injury: A Guide for Teens and Friends From The Center for Young Women's Health, Children's Hospital Boston.
	Self-injury: The secret language of language of pain for teenagers Find articles
	Teens and Cutting – Discovery Health Channel (US)
	What do we know about self-injury? Cornell Research Program on Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults
	Young People and Self-harm: A National Inquiry (UK) See also: Young People and Self-Harm: A Legal Perspective (PDF format)