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Self-harm
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Disaster News Network (US),
20 September, 2006
Crime
trauma stalling recovery
When people are not healing after a
disaster, they often gravitate toward unhealthy ways of coping: substance
abuse, eating disorders, self-injury, sometimes violence perpetuation. |
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Salt Lake
Tribune, (US),
19 September, 2006
Learning balance:
Colleges, parents pressure students too much
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Increases in ulcers, depression,
alcoholism, anxiety disorders and such control-related maladies as eating
disorders and self-mutilation among teenagers are a result of parents,
teachers and colleges pushing too hard. ... |
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Cadillac News (US), 14 September, 2006
Teen recounts struggle with cutting
... Cutting is a form of
self-injury that experts say develops when a person does not have a
healthy way to deal with strong emotions. ... |
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Guardian Unlimited - UK, 13
September, 2006
Generation stressed
... Society, they argue, is preoccupied with
protecting children from physical harm but has lost sight of their
emotional and social needs, leading to an escalation in childhood
depression, substance abuse, violence and self-harm. ... |
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HOI-I9, IL, USA,
12 September, 2006
Health
professionals say self injury is a growing concern
... It's called self injury. ... Local social workers say
as many as one third of their clients have problems with self-injury,
mainly cutting. ... |
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The Open Press
(press release) - USA, 12 September, 2006
Ayrshire
Couple Offer Support for Tony Blair’s Respect Agenda
... The couple argue that alcoholism, in common with other self-harming
disorders like bulimia, anorexia and self-mutilation, often stems from
problems experienced ... |
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Times of India - India, 12 September, 2006
Over
the edge!
... Though distress is not the only reason
that would lead a person to hurting self; mental illness is also known to
be an important factor. ... While in the West it is a total lack of
bonding, in India it is forced dependability on the society and family...
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Contactmusic.com,
10 September, 2006
Manson relives self-harm past to help teenagers
GARBAGE singer SHIRLEY MANSON has spoken out
about her self-harming past to raise awareness of sufferers' "addiction"
to cutting themselves. The Scottish star fronts new documentary CUT: TEENS
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The BeaconNews (US), 09 September, 2006
Self-injury treatment program coming to Provena Medical Center
The SAFE (Self Abuse Finally Ends) Alternatives program
was the first program designed solely for the treatment of self-injury.
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StarTribune.com (US), 07 September, 2006
Alysa Phillips: Self-injury -- 'The only antidote is education'
Alysa Phillips, author of a
stirring new memoir entitled "Stranger in My Skin," is well-acquainted
with the phenomenon of "cutting." ...
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Channel News Asia, 04
September, 2006
Love, understanding key in helping self-harming teenagers
... The best thing to give a teenager going through such an
experience is understanding and unconditional acceptance. ... |
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Norwich Evening News 24 (UK),
01 September, 2006
Norfolk hit by self harm epidemic
The number of teenagers who are harming themselves has
dramatically risen over the past 12 months, prompting mental health
campaigners to warn of an “epidemic” in self-harming. ... |
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Advances in Psychiatric
Treatment (2006) 12: 329-337 (subscription) - USA
Self-harm:
a strategy for survival and nodal point of change
The author explores key issues related to
psychotherapeutic work with people who self-harm. ...
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Wisconsin State Journal, 29
August, 2006
Conklin: Documentary puts faces to self-injury phenomenon
... Schneider is in the final stages of making a movie
called "CUT: Teens and Self Injury." ... See Schneider's movie site:
www.cutthemovie.com |
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China Daily, 29 August, 2006
For prisoners, a shoulder to lean on
... Since psychological problems are often deemed
responsible for many things like fights, self-injury and even suicide,
therapy is also vital for security inside a prison.... |
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Drowned in Sound, 25 August,
2006
New Emo Goth
Danger? My Chemical Romance confront tabloid criticism
... “The funny thing is that I’ve met more
kids that have stopped self-harming because of us, than anything,”
he says, his face masked with absolute seriousness. ... |
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Oxford Mail, 25 August, 2006
Self-harmers need more help
Self-harming is far more widespread than previously
thought, according to a study involving pupils in Oxfordshire. ... |
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Sunday Times - 20 August, 2006
Young, rich and all messed up
... In this manifesto Levine, an American psychoanalyst, claims that
children of affluence (she’s not talking millionaire fantasyland here,
rather households earning more than £63,000 a year) are more prone than
any other section of young society to suffer from depression, anxiety and
eating disorders or to engage in substance abuse or self-harm. ... |
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Yorkshire Post, 19 August, 2006
Four years for teacher who 'pressured' pupil into sex
... The girl went on to self-harm, cutting her torso and
expressing suicidal tendencies before being admitted to a psychiatric
unit. ... |
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iCSouthLondon, 18 August, 2006
'Victory'
in clinic fight
AN APPEAL to stop the closure of a 24-hour mental health
clinic has gone to the Secretary of State for Health. ... Campaigners are
worried more people would self-harm if the clinic closed, and it could be
distressing for other emergency patients waiting in A&E. ... |
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Daily Mail, 16 August, 2006
EMO cult warning for parents
... Girls' secondary schools have for some time been
concerned about the increase in self harm. ... |
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inside housing (UK), 09 August,
2006
Mentally ill being cut adrift from support
... A spokesperson said there was real concern about the
level of support available. ‘The last four years has seen the growing
complexity of mental health issues affecting homeless young people,
including self harm and addiction, yet access to mental health services
remains limited,’ she said. ... |
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The Australian, 09 August, 2006
Judi Moylan speech to parliament
... Detention without hope of release has been identified
as the prime cause of the mental health problems in asylum seekers,
including self harm and suicide. ... |
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The
Independent (UK), 08 August, 2006
Why pushy parents do more harm than good
... Sometimes the distress
they bring is acute, and shows itself in symptoms such as self-harm and
eating disorders. ...
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Scotsman.com,
08 August, 2006
Self-harm -
the secret epidemic that is afflicting Scotland's older people
A HIDDEN epidemic of self-harm among older people exists in
Scotland, with thousands of cases admitted to hospital each year and many
more covering up their injuries, mental health campaigners have warned.
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Stuff (NZ)
08 August, 2006
Troubled
children's pleas ignored
Troubled children as young as
12 are being driven to mutilate themselves, but many of their pleas for
help are going unanswered.
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This is Bradford
co.uk,
07 August, 2006
Self-harmers will be treated in surgeries
An innovative new service for treating people who self-harm
is being piloted in Bradford.
The six-month project which begins in October will see people who
self-harm be given treatment in surgeries rather than being forced to go
to an Accident and Emergency (A&E) unit. ... |
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The Observer, 23 July, 2006
Depressed children deserve better treatment
When children fall into a state of depression or show the
tell-tale marks of self-harm, their anxious parents need fast access to
specialist mental health advice. ... |
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Hounslow Guardian, 21 July,
2006
Support for domestic violence victims
Coun Pamela Fisher, executive member for adult social services and health,
said: "The impact of domestic violence on women goes far beyond bruises or
cuts. It can lead to depression, anxiety, self harm and, in extreme cases,
suicide. ... |
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Houston Chronicle - United
States, 20 July, 2006
Today's school nurses treat more than bumps, bruises
... As for self-mutilation such as cutting or
burning, "it's nothing new, but we're seeing an increase in the numbers
who are cutting," ... |
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St. Petersburg Times, Florida, 19 July, 2006
Help for delinquent girls criticized
... Half of the girls engaged in self-mutilation, ... |
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Irish Medical News,
18 July, 2006
New rules on seclusion and restraint
... With regard to a patient who “enduringly engages in self-harming”, the
Commission has ruled that, once all therapeutic measures have been
exhausted, protective equipment may be used. ... |
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The Dartmouth (US) Tuesday,
July 11, 2006
Study
suggests self-injury common at top colleges
Researchers at Cornell and Princeton Universities found
that 17 percent of student participants had engaged in self-injurious
behavior -- which includes cutting, ... |
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Quad-Cities Online, Monday, July 10, 2006
Parents need to focus on what’s best for children in divorce
... Those kids can struggle with addiction and even
self-mutilation as they move into their teens, ... |
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NEWS24,
Monday, 10
July 2006
Lessons in happiness
London - Some 2 000 pupils at English state schools are to
have special classes in happiness under a pilot scheme aimed at cutting
depression, self-harm and anti-social behaviour, according to the
Independent on Sunday newspaper. ... |
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newswire.co.nz 07 Jul 2006
Schools Warned About Self-Harm Websites
An internet safety expert is warning school boards about an
alarming increase in websites promoting self-harm. ... |
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The Citizen (NY),
Friday, July 7, 2006
Invitation to harm: MySpace's risky subculture
By January W. Payne / The Washington Post
The wildly popular online social networking
phenomenon dominated by the Web site MySpace.com has a little-noticed
underside: a subculture of users who gather in “groups” - or message
boards - expressly focused on dangerous and sometimes illegal activities
such as prescription drug abuse, self-mutilation and other types of
self-harm. ... |
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the
truth about self-harm...for young people and their friends and families
(July 2006)
Download the booket
(PDF format)
The booklet
has been published by the
National Inquiry into
Self Harm
among Young People, jointly run by two charities, the
Camelot
Foundation and the
Mental Health Foundation. |
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Community Newswire, Friday, 30
June, 2006
New
Guide aims to tackle self harm
... The National Inquiry into Self Harm, which is led by
the Camelot Foundation and the Mental Health Foundation, have produced the
new guide after discovering very little information is available to help
young people and their families understand self-harm. ... |
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The Age (Australia), June 27,
2006
Postcard plan may save at-risk youths
... The postcards contain health advice and personal
messages from at-risk youths, reminding them of suggestions they made that
help alleviate anxiety. ... |
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Evening Telegraph and Post,
Monday, 26 June, 2006
Children as young as eight self-harming
Children as young as eight are self-harming in
Tayside, cutting themselves and overdosing on pills, writes Marjory Inglis,
medical reporter. |
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Times Online,
Saturday, 24 June, 2006
Blues period
... The problems covered by the report included depression,
anxiety, self-harm and obsessive disorders. With 1.1 million children
being affected, the BMA was at pains to point out that services are
ill-equipped to cope and are failing the most
vulnerable. ... |
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Telegraph, Saturday, 24 June, 2006
The jails chief who is thinking outside the box
... Other jails are dangerous. "In one women's prison there
were six serious self-harm incidents a day. ... |
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Community Newswire, Tuesday, 20
June, 2006
Self Injury Group Becomes Charity
... After four years working as a successful voluntary
organisation, Lifesigns has now transformed into a charity paving the way
for it to expand its work even
further. ... |
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BBC
News - UK, Tuesday, 20 June, 2006
Young 'failed' on
mental health
... The mental health problems covered by the report
included depression, anxiety, self-harm, attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder, eating disorders and obsessive disorders. ... |
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University of Washington
News, Thursday June 15, 2006
Researchers
find physiological markers for cutting, other self-harming behaviors by
teenage girls
... University of Washington
psychologists have discovered that adolescent girls who engage in
behaviors such as cutting themselves have lower levels of serotonin, a
hormone and brain chemical, in their blood. ... |
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EducationGuardian.co.uk, Thursday June 15, 2006
Booklet highlights teenage self-harming
A booklet about the increasing incidence of self-harm among
teenagers in the UK has been produced in an effort to highlight the
problem. ... The booklet, called The Truth About Self-Harm, ... |
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The Guardian,
Wednesday June 14, 2006
Armed forces to gain an ombudsman
... Of the four who died, two had previous episodes of
self-harm before recruitment, one had self-harmed while in the army and
the other was about to be forced to leave the army against his will. ... |
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Charlotte Observer, Mon, Jun.
12, 2006
System fails to protect children from sex abuse
We must do more to arrest, hold molesters
... Even children who seem to survive molestation intact, argues Largen,
must often contend with years of depression, anxiety and nightmares. At
worst they suffer self-mutilation and suicidal tendencies. ... |
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Wisconsin State Journal, Mon,
Jun. 12, 2006
Cutters tell their stories
Danielle McFarland was only 11 years old when she began
cutting her arms to distract herself from her severe depression. ... |
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MyWestTexas.com, Mon, Jun. 12,
2006
Self-mutilation is on the rise, experts say
... Cutting, or self-mutilation, has recently received
nationwide attention as parents, teachers and counselors have taken
greater notice of what has become all too prevalent among kids, generally
between the ages of 10 and 16. The issue has drawn the media spotlight of
late, but this detrimental coping mechanism and other forms of
self-punishment dates back hundreds of years. ... |
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Financial Express - Bombay,India, Mon, Jun.
12, 2006
... "Is there self-harm going on, too?" Gibson pressed D, typing notes
into the computer and glancing back at the screen. D paused, then quietly
said, "Yeah.". ... |
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Sunday Times, Sunday, 11 June,
2006
Soaring child depression alarms GPs
“As a result, children’s self-esteem, confidence and
academic performance can suffer along with their long-term mental health.
In the most severe cases it can lead to anti-social behaviour, substance
abuse and self-harm.”. ... |
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Sunday Life (Ulster), Sunday,
11 June, 2006
Suicide
report 'ignores' sex abuse victims
... "The links between alcohol abuse, self harm and sexual
abuse are well documented. But the strategy fails to include that fact.".
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North
Jersey.com, Sunday, June 11, 2006
Tell-all stars are no help
Angelina Jolie used to slice her skin with knives. Lindsay
Lohan, Mary-Kate Olsen and Victoria Beckham had eating disorders, yet
today, their petite frames regularly make Sexy 100 lists. ... Celebrity
admissions can fool young people into believing that self-harm is not bad.
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The La Crosse
Tribune, Saturday, June 10, 2006
Scar: An essay
By Phillip Olson / Challenge Academy
Looking at my body, you see a story of pain; an attempt to escape from the
life I was living. ... |
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Online Scene, Tuesday, 6 June,
2006
Rethink needed on mental health
A recent
inquiry has identified widespread ignorance among medical and educational
professionals and the wider public upon the subject of self-harm.
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Teen Shares Self-Injury Secret CBS News, June 6,
2006
... A study published this week shows 17 percent
of respondents at two Ivy League schools have self-injured. And 75 percent
of those have done it more than once. ... |
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Study: 20 percent of all students self-harm
Monday 19 June, 2006, Indiana Daily Student |
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Growing Up
Online Science News,
Week of June 17, 2006; Vol. 169, No. 24 ,
p. 376
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Self injury high, rising among college students, study says
Central Michigan Life,
June14, 2006 |
Dangerous Relief: Teens Increasingly Turn To Self-Abuse To Cope With
Stress
MTV News,
June13, 2006 |
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Cornell study examines surge in self-injury The
Ithaca Journal, June 10, 2006 |
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Self-injury trend confronts Princeton University
The Princeton Packet, June 09, 2006 |
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College
Students May Hide Self-Harm WebMD,
June 6, 2006 |
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Survey: 'Cutting' phenomenon widespread
MetroWest Daily News, June 6, 2006
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Self-Abuse Pervasive In Ivy League CBS News,
June 5, 2006 |
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Self-Injury Is Prevalent Among College Students
Newswire, 05 Jun
2006 |
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Alarming surge
in students resorting to physical self harm
Earthtimes.org,
05 Jun 2006 |
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Self-Mutilation On The Rise
All Headline News,
05 Jun 2006 |
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Self-Injury
Epidemic Inside Higher Ed, 05 Jun
2006 |
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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal,
June 01, 2006
Roy-Hart students join self-harm trend
... Students, according to the letter, have been found to
hold their breath until they pass out, wager money on whether or not they
can do it, and inflict bruises on their faces and hands by pinching
themselves. ...
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PJStar.com,
IL, Wed 31 May, 2006
Accused molester cleared
Rural Magnolia man found innocent
A rural Magnolia man was found not guilty Tuesday of sexually assaulting
an 11-year-old girl who according to court testimony plummeted into a long
"goth" period that included self-mutilation, anorexia and obsession with
death after the alleged assault in 2001. ...
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Statesman Journal, May 31, 2006
Keeping mental health services in Marion County schools is essential
Sadly, some of our students cut themselves, seriously consider suicide or
make threats to harm others. When this happens, it’s essential to
intervene quickly and effectively to keep students safe. ...
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This is
Local London, Tuesday 30th May 2006
Working to keep you from harm
Cases of self-harm in the UK are among the highest in
Europe. Reporter Samantha Payne speaks to workers at Bethlem Hospital
about the work they are doing to help people who cut themselves. ...
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Scotsman.com,
Sat 27 May 2006
Teenage
self-harm linked to violent behaviour
By Michael Howie
A £1.5 million study, which followed more than 4,300 school
pupils in Edinburgh over six years, found close links between violent and
anti-social behaviour in teenagers and alarming self-destructive acts such
as cutting, pulling hair out or sticking needles in their eyes. ...
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Reuters, Fri May 26, 2006
Drug seen effective in personality disorder
... Self-injury, another
characteristic symptom, occurred in both groups over the course of
treatment, but only two episodes occurred in the Abilify group compared
with seven in the placebo group. ...
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St. James News, Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Finding reasons why and ways to help self-injurers
By Kristen Pritchard, Staff
Writer
... Self-injurious behavior is becoming a social trend among some teens,
while for others it's a way to escape the pain of life they feel inside by
replacing it with physical pain. ...
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PRWeb, Fri May 26, 2006
Echo
Treatment Centers Opens New Outpatient Program for Youth in Calabasas and
Surrounding Communities
... He is widely recognized as one of the Nations foremost
authorities on self-injury, and has been featured on such shows as Dr.
Phil, ... |
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KLTV 7, May 22, 2006
Dying To
Lose Weight
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Unable to stand
the pressure building up inside, like some anorexics, she turns to
cutting, self mutilation. "Some just make little nicks and some cut
deeply. I cut really deeply." |
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NBC2 News Online, May 12 2006
Sixth grader performs self-mutilation in school
Parents need to
look out for signs, specifically, if there are there marks on your child’s
arms or if they are they trying to cover them up. ... |
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Research
Young, R., Sweeting, H., & West, P.
(2006).
Prevalence of deliberate self harm and attempted suicide within
contemporary Goth youth subculture: longitudinal cohort study.
BMJ, 332,
1058-1061(6 May)
See Rapid Responses:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/332/7549/1058#132788
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Belfast Telegraph, May 10, 2006
Everybody hurts
What makes a person take a razor or
knife and deliberately cut themselves? To many, it's a baffling illness,
and yet thousands of self-harmers are admitted to hospitals across
Northern Ireland every year. |
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Star-Gazette.com, May 10, 2006
Living with a fear of food
She couldn't concentrate or think. She stopped
menstruating. Her spirits tumbled to the depths. She began
self-mutilation.... |
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24dash.com, May 09, 2006
Women's prison 'dogged by fear, self-harm and poor conditions' |
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One of the country's largest
women's jails remains dogged by fear, self-harm and poor conditions,
according to a report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons. ... She also
found that self-harm was "prolific" among inmates and staff had
insufficient resources to provide consistent and specialised support. |
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Evening Times Online, May 09,
2006
TROUBLED
teenagers who cut themselves will get special counselling in a pioneering
new scheme
Seven schools in East Renfrewshire are the first
in Scotland to offer in-school counselling sessions for pupils who
self-harm. |
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999Today, May 06, 2006
Safe
Internet sites don't encourage self-injury
By
Mary Hillery,
LifeSIGNS Director
... there are good Internet sites, and the public needs to be made
aware of this. For some people the Internet is the only place in which
they can express themselves without being judged, and peer support can be
invaluable. ...
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Patriot Ledger, MA, May 06,
2006
GENERATION DEPRESSED: Teens try to beat the blues of depression
... —Self-injury: Teens may show their pain by injuring
themselves, such as cutting themselves. ... |
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The Rebel Yell, University of
Nevada, May 05, 2006
Cutting away
the pain (Caution: contains images of
self-injury)
By Shayna
Burns, Layout Editor
The communications major said she would not have sought
help if people had not noticed her scars. ... |
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Norwich
Evening News, UK, 04 May 2006
Rise in number of young self-harmers
The number of children in Norfolk who are
self-harming as they struggle to cope with the pressures of everyday life
has soared during the past year, new figures revealed today. |
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Guardian Unlimited,
Wednesday 03 May, 2006
Reasonable redress
... It's saying that a significant number of women in
prison aren't a risk to the public and are much more likely than women
outside prison to be mentally ill, substance abusers, to have experienced
child or adult sexual abuse or violence; and sometimes a combination of
all of those contributes to a huge risk of self-harm. ... |
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The Herald (Scotland),
02 May, 2006
Pain, hurt,
self-harm. And we call this art?
... New
research reveals that 20% of women now have tattoos, compared to 13% of
men – unwelcome proof that the female sex has taken over the traditionally
male recreation of defacing one's own body. ... |
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Telegraph, 01 May, 2006
'I don't want to cut myself any more'
Should nurses and hospitals be more understanding towards
'self-harmers'? Lisa Reich, who started hurting herself at 14 with a pin,
before moving on to shards of glass, thinks they should |
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CBS News, 01 May 2006
Pros And Cons Of Kids' Web Use
... Whitlock's team identified 400 message boards about
self-harm and did an in-depth study of 10 of those message boards. ...
Read the Study
The Virtual
Cutting Edge: The Internet and Adolescent Self-Injury (PDF)
Janis L. Whitlock, Jane L. Powers, and John Eckenrode
(Cornell University)
See also:
Safe
Internet sites don't encourage self-injury
(Response from one of the directors of
LifeSIGNS)
(999 Today)
Internet
Bringing Together Teen Cutting Subculture
(All Headline News)
Adolescents Who Self-harm Are Finding Each Other On The Internet, Study
Finds
(Medical News Today)
Study: Internet May Encourage Teen Self-Mutilation
(TechNewsWorld)
Internet Use
Involves Both Pros and Cons for Children and Adolescents
(NewsWise)
Internet
sites encourage self-injuring (KansasCity.com)
Role of internet in
self-injurious practices among young people (South
Asian Women's forum) |
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The Independent,
Thursday, 27 April 2006
Children self-harm aged nine, warn nurses
By Maxine Frith, Social
Affairs Correspondent
Children as young as nine are
deliberately self-harming and attempting suicide,
nurses have warned. ... |
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icBirmingham, 26 April, 2006
Nurses want to
help self-harm patients
By Jane Kirby
Nurses want a change in their professional code to allow them to
help patients
who self-harm and to be able to do so in hospital. ...
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wished people would not judge her, and asked why self-harm is not
spoken
about in schools. ...
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Knox News,
Wednesday, 26 April 2006
Self-harm study takes
top prize
Oak Ridge senior wins
epidemiology competition
Natalia Nazarewicz, 18, took first-place honors in the
Young Epidemiology Scholars
competition, held over the weekend in
Washington, D.C. Her survey of more than
1,000 Oak Ridge high school
students found that 25 percent of them reported a
history of
self-harm, such as the deliberate cutting or burning of their own
skin. ... |
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BBC News,
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Nurses back
supervised self-harm
By Nick Triggle
BBC News health
reporter in Bournemouth
Nurses want to be allowed to let patients who self-harm
continue to do so in a
safe environment in hospitals. ...
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Ottawa Sun,
April 23, 2006
A document to heartbreak
By Vivian Song
In two years, she made 130 visits to the hospital for self-mutilation or
"cutting" and was placed in 28 different homes within four years. ... |
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Sydney Morning Herald,
April 23, 2006
Comic book bid to curb teen self-harm
By
Miranda Wood
EFFORTS will be stepped up to curb the prevalence of
self-harm among teenagers as two new State Government-funded programs are
to be launched.
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SIARI,
April 23, 2006
Self-Injury: Some Questions Answered
(PDF format)
By Jan Sutton (Author, Trainer, Counsellor) |
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San Mateo Daily Journal, April
22, 2006
Cutting is an unhealthy trend
By Marie Franco and Mara Burger
... For some, cutting is a trend and young people are often pressured to
cut by their friends who tell them it feels good. ... |
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WNBC.com, Wednesday April 19, 2006
'Cutting'
On The Rise Among Troubled Teens
Experts say that more and more teens are practicing
something called "cutting," a form of self-injury that helps them
temporarily escape their problems. ...
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courttv.com, Wednesday April 19, 2006
State
drops charges against inmate who ate glass, metal, but he still plans to
sue
(Contains graphic images)
Former inmate Kevin Hall says his jailers are responsible
for his self-inflicted injuries because they failed to both prevent and
properly treat them. ... |
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Kentucky.com,
Mon, Apr. 17, 2006
Woman with
multiple personalities to stand trial for husband's death
By Brandon Ortiz
HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
… Psychiatrists have determined that Moses has
nine different personalities -- three men, three women and three children.
They haven't gotten along in the past, leading to suicide attempts or self
mutilation.
... |
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Helena Independent Record,
April 16, 2006
Coping with cutting
By Angie Buckley,
Billings Gazette
... Self-mutilation in
the form of cutting or burning is not an unusual way of dealing with
stress among severely depressed adolescents and adults, said Terry
Smith, a
social worker at Billings Clinic.
...
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The Sydney Morning Herald,
April 16, 2006
School exam stress extreme
By
Hannah Edwards
HEFTY homework schedules are contributing to extreme stress among senior
school students who have been found with worrying levels of anxiety and
depression and a tendency to inflict self-harm. ... |
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MedPage Today, New Jersey,
April 14, 2006
Goth
Youths Prone to Suicide Attempts and Self-Mutilation
Review
GLASGOW, Scotland, April 14 - The rate of suicide attempts and
self-mutilation-is high among those in the Goth youth subculture,
researchers here reported.
Primary source:
British Medical Journal
See related stories
See research article
Prevalence of deliberate self harm and attempted
suicide within contemporary Goth youth subculture: a longitudinal cohort
study." British Medical Journal.
April 13, 2006.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/rapidpdf/bmj.38790.495544.7Cv1.pdf
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BBC News, April 12 2006
Jurors
shown graphic 9/11 images
... said her husband Kevin's death had affected
their children deeply, with one since becoming angry and self-destructive
and another turning to self-mutilation. ... |
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The Boston Globe, April 11 2006
Ask Beth
Reach out now for help to stop cutting
I started to cut after the sixth grade and now I'm in the eighth. ...
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News.com.au, April 10 2006
Body
modification as self-mutilation by proxy
By Sheila Jeffreys
The cutting up that girls do secretly in their bedrooms, the nipple
piercing that is performed in high street studios, breast implant surgery,
sex reassignment surgery, are connected. They are all forms of
self-mutilation, and increasingly the cutting is carried out by proxies
for a profit. ... |
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The BeaconNews, Sunday 09 April 2006
Revealing emotions
By Angela Fornelli
Sexually abused children use toys to show pain
... As teenagers, they might show their emotions through eating disorders,
sexual promiscuity, or self-mutilation rather than bed-wetting and
nightmares....
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Children Now, 05 April 2006
NCB Now: NCB to relaunch its self-harm web site
This week the National Children's Bureau relaunches its Young People &
Self-Harm web site to provide information and support for young
people, their friends and families, and professionals working with
them. See
www.selfharm.org.uk |
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The Local - Sweden, 04 April 2006
Self-harm increasing among young women
The number of people being treated
following a suicide attempt or other self-destructive behaviour has
increased. ...
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Contra Costa Times, Sunday 02 April 2006
Youths turn to cutting to ease pain
By Jackie Burrell
... Twenty years ago, self-mutilation was rarely seen outside psychiatric
wards and no one talked about it. Even today, many adults have never heard
of "cutting" -- though their older children probably have. ...
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Times Leader.com, Pennsylvania, Friday 31 March
2006
Survey: More college students seeking
psychological help
By Ramesh Santanam
(Associated Press)
... self-injury
rose from 54.9 percent in 2004 to 68.7 percent
last year.
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expressandstar.com - Wolverhampton,
31 March, 2006
Hospital patients self harm
A hospital in Stafford has defended itself
over a decision to allow some of its
patients to self-harm - despite claims that
certain nurses were uncomfortable ...
See also:
Warning on self-harm Letters
April 13, 2006.
... However we are most concerned
at the inaccurate reference in your article to the
use of elastic bands by those who self injure. We
did not state nor do we advocate or facilitate the
placing of elastic bands round the wrist which are
then pulled tight. ...
Related
media items
Hospital lets its patients self-harm in
pilot scheme
(Amelia
Hill,
cyc-net,
26 March 2006)
Hospital allows patients to harm themselves
(Daily Mail, 22nd March
2006)
Supervised self-harm plan praised
(BBC News,
Wednesday, 22 March 2006)
'Safe' self-harm for patients
(Guardian, Wednesday
March 22, 2006)
Hospital lets its patients self-harm in pilot
scheme
(News.Scotsman.com, Sunday March
26, 2006)
Nurses want self-harmers to be given fresh blades
(WorldNetDaily.com,
February 5, 2006)
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The Derrick.com, Wednesday 29 March
2006
Agency director calls attention to sexual abuse
Clarion County
commissioners are asking citizens to help protect
the community's children.
... Agency officials say those who are sexually
abused are more prone to self-mutilation, suicide
attempts, discipline problems, promiscuity, and
sexually-transmitted infections. ...
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The
Sydney Morning Herald, 29 March 2006
Suicide pact girl 'indulged in Wicca, self-harm'
A 15-year-old girl who hanged
herself in an apparent gothic pact was a believer
in "white magic" and had a history of self harm,
including an earlier suicide attempt, a Sydney
inquest has been told. ...
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Ventura County Star, 38 March 2006
Molested
teens tell of sad abuse
By Patricia
Kochel
...
It was in the self-injury group
where I heard about the fifth molestation. ...
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Truth
Hurts
Report of
the National Inquiry into Self-harm among Young
People
Published
26 March 2006
"Truth Hurts
looks at deliberate self-harm among 11-25
year-olds in the UK, its prevalence, the reasons
behind the behaviour and how services and
professionals respond to those who self-harm."
Available to
download from the
National
Inquiry website
Related media items
March 29, 2006
Self-harm: Hidden harm
(YoungPeopleNow)
March 28, 2006
One in every fifteen teenagers
self harms (News-Medical.Net)
March 27, 2006
Call for national scheme to help young
self-harmers
(The Herald)
Inquiry recommends teacher training on self-harm
(The Guardian)
'Over
24,000 UK teens self-harm each year' - report
(UTV)
March 26, 2006
Teenagers' epidemic of self-harm
(The
Observer)
'Urgent need' to help self-harming youngsters
(The Telegraph)
More help for self-harmers urged
(BBC News)
Charity urges help on self-harm
(BBC News, Wales)
National help needed for self-harmers
(ITV)
Call to tackle ‘hidden epidemic’ of self-harm
(Sunday Herald)
National Inquiry into Self-Harm Calls for Better
Responses to Young People
(clickwalla.com)
Inquiry urges self-harming policy
(This is
London)
Call for national programme to help self-harming
teenagers
(24dash.com)
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World Socialist Web
Site, Wednesday 22 March, 2006
Britain: Inquiry details inhumane treatment of children in prison
By Liz Smith
The number of self-harm incidents in prison
segregation units was a major concern. There were 117 incidents of
self-injury recorded by prisons. ...
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BBC News,
Tuesday 21 March, 2006
New centre aims to tackle suicide
A new facility aiming to help those who have lost loved
ones to suicide has officially opened in north Belfast. Pips House at
Duncairn Gardens will offer advice and support for bereaved families as
well as those living with someone suffering through self-harm. ...
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Chicago Sun-Times, Monday March 20, 2006
Hatcher rates applause for helping to stop abuser
By Laura Berman
Teri Hatcher
reveals in the April edition of Vanity Fair that she was sexually abused
at the age of 5 by an uncle. ... Problems with adult relationships,
depression, substance abuse, eating disorders and self-mutilation are all
documented effects of childhood sexual abuse. ...
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About - Bipolar Disorder, 2006
Helping
the Self-Injurer
What to Do, What NOT to Do
Do Talk About SI ... Within Reason
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The Graphic, Pepperdine University,
Thursday March 16, 2006
Psychological skills can save students from stress risks
Connie Horton
Counseling Center
When some students feel overly stressed, they may engage in any number of
unhealthy efforts to get quick relief. A variety of behavior patterns
(such as binging and purging, abusing alcohol or drugs, having
indiscriminate sex or engaging in self-injury) may have one thing in
common: the goal of stress reduction. ...
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IrelandOn-Line,
Tuesday March 14, 2006
President calls for combined efforts to fight suicide
Almost 500 people died as a result of suicide in 2005 and around 11,000
people were treated for deliberate self-harm at Accident & Emergency
clinics. ...
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toledoblade.com,
Sunday March 12, 2006
Scars relate stories of teenage torment
Emotional pain drives
some to cut themselves
By RYAN E. SMITH, BLADE STAFF WRITER
... If
you don't know about cutting, your kids probably do. At times, the
practice has even become a kind of fad among schoolchildren. ...
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The Bristol Press,
Sunday March 12, 2006
Teens say cutting themselves helps them escape
By Jason Vallee, The Herald Press
There is a new and dangerous trend spreading across the nation -- it uses
physical pain as a replacement for emotional pain. ...
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24dash.com, Friday 10 March,
2006
Teacher jailed for "systematic" child abuse
Publisher: Ian Morgan
... Some of the former
teacher's victims, who were told not to tell anybody about ``their little
secret", have since suffered from depression and self-harm. ...
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Clickwalla.com, Friday 10
March, 2006
The UK's Leading Asian Portal
National Inquiry into Self-Harm Calls for Better Responses to Young People
... Chair of the Inquiry, Catherine McLoughlin CBE,
said: "It is vital that everyone who comes into contact with young people
has a basic understanding of what self-harm is, why people do it, and how
to respond appropriately. At the very least they should avoid being
judgemental towards young people who disclose self-harm, should treat them
with care and respect and should acknowledge the emotional distress they
are clearly experiencing." ...
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The News-Press: Opinion,
Thursday 09 March, 2006
Demand a complete accounting by DCF
I was shaken when I read the "Lehigh girl died in web of
neglect" story in The NewsPress, March 5. How could the Department of
Children and Families' investigators ignore Michelle Fontanez's cries of
terror? This sexually and emotionally abused, now dead, child apparently
told officials for years that her stepfather sexually abused her and
backed this up with suicide attempts and self-mutilation. ...
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24dash.com, Wednesday 08 March,
2006
London's hostels failing to address needs of vulnerable women
Publisher: Jon Land
...
Staff felt unequipped to manage consequences of surviving violence such as
self harm and eating disorders within the hostel environment.
...
See also:
Inside Housing, Friday
10 March, 2006
...
A
survey of hostels in London found that of the 33 that replied, more than
90 per cent had no policy on dealing with violence against women and had a
sometimes 'dangerously poor' understanding of dealing with issues such as
self-harm and eating disorders. ...
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BBC News, Northern Ireland,
Wednesday 08 March, 2006
Woman 'strangled son after birth'
... The court was told the applicant had a history
of self-harm and alcohol abuse.
A defence lawyer requested the bail application be adjourned until
psychiatric reports were compiled as the police believed the accused
needed a "support network" set up before she was admitted to bail.
Lord Justice Nicholson agreed that this was "sensible" and adjourned the
application.
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Youth Specialties, El Cajon, CA, Wednesday 08 March, 2006
Cutting
Understanding the Self-Mutilation of Teenagers
By Kelli Woodard
My ministry journey led me off the well-beaten path of church work into a
job at a residential counseling facility for teens. During my 18 months as
a house parent, my eyes were opened to the issue of self-mutilation and I
learned how to have an effective ministry with hurting teens. ...
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Díospóireachtaí Parlaiminte, 08 March, 2006
Dáil Éireann - Volume 579 - 04 February, 2004
Adjournment Debate. - Parasuicide Incidence.
... In 2002, there were 10,337 parasuicide presentations at
accident and emergency departments in hospitals in the State. Of this
figure, 8,421 individuals were involved. Of the 8,304 recorded
presentations at accident and emergency departments, 42.3% were men and
57.7% were women. Parasuicide episodes were generally confined to younger
age groups. ...
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StarExponent.com, Tuesday 07 March, 2006
Fourth person alleges abuse in Shifflett case
By Liz Mitchell - Staff Writer
Culpeper Star Exponent
... Leak said the insults and physical abuse led him to
self-mutilation and attempted suicide with a shotgun as an eighth-grader.
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Gilroy Despatch, Tuesday 07
March, 2006
Offering a Hand Up
By Kelly Savio
... Marafino said she is heartened by the fact that
self-mutilation, an overwhelming issue last year, has declined
significantly this year. ... |
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Reuters.uk -
UK, Tuesday 07 March, 2006
Depressed girls at risk of partner abuse as adults
By Amy Norton
... violence could be added to the list of possible consequences of
teen depression -- which, Lehrer noted, includes substance abuse,
self-injury and suicide. |
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The Courier-Mail (Queensland News), 07 March, 2006
Strip-searches supported by Minister
By Jamie Walker
...
"We will continue to strip-search women prisoners to prevent drugs and
other contraband being taken into prison, and to minimise the risk of
self-harm by prisoners," ...
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The Australian, 07 March, 2006
Rebecca Gilsenan: In denial over a living hell
A refugee boy's case puts
the Government to shame
...
In Woomera Shayan saw numerous acts of violence and self-harm ...
Expert psychologist Wendy Roberts was adamant the reason Shayan, then
seven, weighed 19kg in August 2001 was post-traumatic stress disorder
caused by what he experienced in detention. ... |
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Telegraph Health, Monday 06 March, 2006
Trust me, I'm a junior doctor: 'nutters' aren't all axe-wielding maniacs -
they are far more scared of you
Mentally ill people are more likely to be
a danger to themselves than to others, says Max Pemberton ... A
lot of the fear about mental illness is generated by the media, and a
survey by the Health Education Authority found that almost 46 per cent of
mental-health coverage was about crime, harm to others, or self-harm.
...
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The Delphos Herald,
Monday 06 March, 2006
Local
guidance counselors see self-injury cases
By
MIKE FORD
Many people of any age
incorporate a variety of methods to ease the pressure of life. Of all age
groups, teens can be especially vulnerable to using unhealthy methods. Not
only may teens use drugs and alcohol, but some intentionally cut, scratch
or burn themselves. There are teens in Delphos who struggle with this
issue. ... |
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ChicoER.com.
Monday 06 March, 2006
Eating disorder isn't about food; it's about emotions
By MARY NUGENT - Staff Writer
All her life, Denise Marine has excelled. ...
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pressconnects.com. Sunday 05 March, 2006
Helping build strong foundation
Boarding
school's 12-step approach helps troubled youths
... Since its accreditation
19 years ago, the state-registered private boarding school in Hancock has
worked with some 2,000 students from deeply troubled backgrounds,
including alcohol and substance abuse, promiscuity, self-mutilation and
deep-seated anger. ... |
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WORLD Magazine, March 11,
2006, Vol. 21, No. 10
Playing with knives
Health: As many as 2 million Americans are
turning their inner pain into external wounds
By Rachel Houston
... Miss
Campbell apologized and pretended the comment hadn't hurt her. But she
excused herself, drove back to her dorm room, and pulled out an Xacto
knife. ... |
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The Sydney Morning Herald (Arts reviews),
March 2, 2006
Mike Parr: Volte Face
By
Tracey Clement
... Acts of self-mutilation and endurance have made
Parr infamous, but these gory performances are part of a larger
self-portrait project. ... |
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The Darien Times (Connecticut),
Thursday 02 March,
2006
Cutting: Self-injury on the rise
By Susan Shultz
... From the 1990s
to the present, the groups expanded to include youth in regular education
middle and high schools, students at colleges and universities, as well as
adults in the community. ... |
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Norwich Evening News 24,
Thursday 02 March, 2006
Norwich top in self-harm and suicide
By Caroline Jenkinson
A pioneering scheme to challenge perceptions of mental illness is to be
trialled in Norwich as it was revealed that the city has high rates of
self-harm and suicide. ... |
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Irish Examiner, Wednesday 01 March, 2006
Self-harm victims need therapy not hospitalisation
... There is no need for more costly research - just urgent
and effective action. ...
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The Winnipeg Sun, Wednesday 01
March, 2006
Inflicting Pain to Stop Pain (Includes picture
of self-injury)
Self-injury way to cope
By Adam Clayton, Staff Reporter
Brandi Randell began cutting herself when she was a
teenager. She's now a grown woman but still hasn't stopped.
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Scripps Howard News Service, February 28, 2006
Self-injury: An ugly slice of life
By Sue Vorenberg
... Long-term cutting is more closely associated with some sort of
traumatic childhood abuse or neglect, Heath said. Short-term cutters don't
tend to have that, although they still have problems controlling emotions.
...
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Oldham Evening Chronicle,
February 28, 2006
Inner screams of
self-harmers
SELF-HARM has hit the headlines recently after
Maria Church, mother of singer Charlotte Church, revealed she has been
self-harming for 17 years. And Kelly Holmes, the double Olympic champion,
described she had harmed herself with scissors. |
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News-Medical.Net,
February 28, 2006
Self harm issue to be
tackled by TV campaign
The "see me"
campaign research apparently revealed that 41% of adults thought young
people who hurt themselves were attention seeking, while 34% felt they
were manipulative ...
The TV advert shows the harmful effect stigmatising behaviour has
on young people who are self-harming. |
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News & Star,
Cumberland,
UK, February 28, 2006
Secret Harm
(includes an image)
... Jill Eastham is manager of the Self-Injury Support
Group in North Cumbria, an independent charitable organisation providing
support information and advice to ... Demand for
help is growing ...
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The Penn Online,
Monday 27 February, 2006
Groups acknowledge self-injurers
Self-Injury Awareness Day to
be observed March 1
By Erica Fontana
It affects more than two million people in the U.S. alone, but few talk
about it. On March 1 — “Self-Injury Awareness Day” — various organizations
and individuals worldwide hope to raise awareness of self-injury, a
problem which is part of the lives of many people, but which is seldom
discussed because of the shame and stigma many sufferers feel. ...
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Scotsman.com news,
Monday 27 February, 2006
When
self-harming helps ease the pain
By Sarah Howden
LUCY cuts herself. Everywhere. You wouldn't realise this horrific fact by
looking at the timid 19-year-old who's dressed in a high-necked,
long-sleeved jumper, but underneath those layers lies a body of scars. ...
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BBC News
Scotland, Monday 27 February, 2006
Poll
reveals self-harm ignorance
More than half of Scottish adults would not know how to
help a young person who self-harms, a survey has found.
See also:
http://www.seemescotland.org.uk/ New
‘see me’ Research Revealed
The torment that drives kids to hurt themselves for happiness (this is
Aberdeen) |
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MetroWest DailyNews,
Sunday 26 February, 2006
'No one would think it would be me'
By
Julia Spitz
The smile starts at the corners of light blue eyes. ...
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Manchester Evening News,
Saturday 25 February, 2006
Our fight to keep prisoners alive, by jail boss
Ian Wylie
... During the filming, there were more than 150 incidents of self-harm or
attempted suicide. One night's log included 12 separate alerts. ...
"This level of intensity
of self-harm is not normal and one of the
fears, I think, for me and colleagues, is
that we might be actually perpetuating that
level of self-harm by bringing together some
of the most damaged people in society." -
Steve Hall
(Jail Governor).
Women on the Edge: The Truth
about Styal Prison, is on BBC2 at 9pm on Monday. |
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Independent Online Edition,
Saturday 25 February, 2006
Devoted To Dusty: Return of the much-missed white lady of soul
She was one of the biggest
stars of the 1960s. But Dusty Springfield was a woman in turmoil. As Ang
Lee plans a film of her life, Lucy O'Brien remembers the white lady of
soul
... By the
early 1980s she was near-bankrupt and given to self-harm. ...
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Luton Today, Monday 20 February, 2006
Charity hits the road thanks to Vauxhall
... The Trust works with young people struggling with life
issues ... It works with youngsters aged between 11 and 16, dealing with
issues such as self harm, anger management, family life and bereavement.
... To find out more about the LCET, long onto its website
http://www.lcet.org/ |
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Irishhealth, Monday 20 February, 2006
No aftercare for
self-harm patients
... 45% of people who used cutting as
their main method of self-harm were discharged after receiving treatment
in A&E, despite the fact that aftercare and a psychiatric examination are
recommended in all cases of self-harm. ... |
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IrelandOn-Line, Sunday 19 February, 2006
FG demands new procedures for self-harm injuries
Fine Gael is calling for standard assessment procedures to be put in place
for those presenting themselves at hospitals with self-inflicted injuries.
... Just over 11,000 people went to A&E with self-harm injuries in 2004.
... |
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American Chronicle, Friday
February 17, 2006
TEENAGERS 'CUTTING' THEMSELVES... NOT SCHOOL PART II 'A TESTIMONIAL'
By Domingo Ivan Casañas
... I am happy to report that the Teenagers "cutting" themselves article
has brought the most readers emails to me. ...
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KSB1-TV 52, Thursday February
16, 2006
U.N.: Gitmo Detainees
Should Be Freed Or Tried
... And it noted a "profound deterioration" in
the mental health of many being held on the island. In 2003, more than 350
acts of self-harm were reported, along with individual and mass suicide
attempts and hunger strikes, it said. ... |
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icWales, Thursday
February 16, 2006
'Rapist ruined my life and he's still out'
Anna Hammond, South Wales Echo
... He is still out there free to live his life while his victim has
turned to alcohol, tablets and self-harming to get through the day. ...
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icWales, Thursday February 16,
2006
Schools should retain
focus on heads, not hearts
David Reynolds, Western Mail
... It shows in the rising adolescent suicide rates, the epidemic of
bullying and the extent to which young people now self-harm with booze and
drugs. ... |
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Wakefield Observer, on
TownOnline.com, Thursday February 16, 2006
Tisei: Suicide: A serious public health issue in Massachusetts
By Sen. Richard R. Tisei
... Equally alarming, there were 3,854
hospitalizations for self-inflicted injury in the state in 2003, a 28
percent increase from 1999. That same year, there were over 6,300
emergency department visits for self inflicted injuries in Massachusetts.
... |
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BBC News, Wednesday February
15, 2006
Riot jail improvements 'too slow'
A critical government report into Lincoln Prison has been
described by managers as "unnecessarily severe". ... He added: "We do
think there is more to be done to address bullying and to prevent
suicide and self harm. ...
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The Independent
Online, Tuesday February 14, 2006
J-Rock: A rappers battle to keep off the grass
... "We talk about some serious things - my paranoia, and
the fact that I used to self-harm when I was depressed. I used to cut
myself on my arms so that some of the pain I was feeling inside would come
out." ... |
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Reuters UK, Tuesday
February 14, 2006
Gay civil partnerships may improve health - study
By Chris Johnson
... "There is very good evidence now that gay men and lesbians are much
more vulnerable to deliberate self-harm, to suicide attempts or to
depression and other psychiatric problems." ... |
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Times Online (The
Sunday Times - Ireland) February 12, 2006
Troubled childhood linked to suicide
By Dearbhail McDonald
CHILDREN who experience two or more
forms of adversity during their schooldays are five times more likely to
contemplate suicide as adults than their carefree counterparts, a new
study has revealed. ... |
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WorldNetDaily, February 5,
2006
Nurses want self-harmers to be given fresh blades
Professional group proposes safe cutting – like 'giving clean needles to
reduce HIV'
A professional nurses group is
proposing that "self-harming" patients who are intent
on mutilating themselves be given clean blades, bandages and "how-to"
advice so
they can cut themselves more safely.
The proposal for "safe" self-harm will be debated in April at the
Royal College of
Nursing (RCN) Congress and is expected to prove controversial. ...
See also:
Self-harmers to be given clean blades (Times Online) |
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ChristianityToday.com,
January/February 2006,
Vol. 28, No. 1,
Page 38
Cutting Edge
Why even Christian teens aren't immune from the
epidemic of self-mutilation—and
what you can do.
By T. Suzanne Eller |
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TimesOnline,
Saturday February 04, 2006
Unkindest cut of all
By Catriona Wrottesley
One teenager in ten self-harms. Can a new book help them
heal? |
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
Thursday February 02, 2006
We have to teach our children — even very young ones — a healthy body
image
By JALETTA ALBRIGHT
DESMOND
“Where does a 5-year-old get the idea she
looks fat in her leotard?” asked the stunned mother after helping her
young daughter change for her dance class. |
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The Observer Magazine,
Sunday January 29, 2006
Second bite
... The sell-out audience of 3,000 are rapturous. They know the history of
Apple's truly awful troubles - being raped at 12, the eating disorder, the
self-harm. They understand the fear of fame that bubbled up when she
became, while still a teenager, the poster-girl for over-sensitive youth.
... |
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TimesOnline,
January 28, 2006
Self-help for women? It’s a scream
... This isn’t reality TV. Nor is it an open prison. It’s
called self-development, a Woman Within Training weekend in a country
house in Dorset ... Self-harm and
violence against others were off-limits. Wounds had to be covered, to
prevent the spread of HIV. ...
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jewishtucson.org, January 27, 2006
Mirror Advocates empower Tucson girls against violence
By Sheila Wilensky
AJP Assistant Editor
The Mirror Advocates - a peer advisory group sponsored by Jewish Family &
Children's Service - strives to educate the Tucson community about the
prevalence of violence in girls' lives. At issue is self-destructive
behavior - including drug and alcohol abuse - and rape, incest, and other
violence directed at girls by boyfriends, family and even gang members. |
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Muscatine Journal, January 2006
Practice of 'cutting' grows
By Deidre Pearson, Muscatine Journal Correspondent
“Before we saw it in a smaller group that had problems with
depression. It was seen more in people with a history of abuse, but now
it’s crept into the punk rock scene. It’s in the music teens listen to and
in movies and books,” McCollum said. “When it hits the media, that’s when
kids are prone to try it.” |
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PennLive.com,
Friday
January 27, 2006
Prosecutor drops sex-abuse charges:
Prison guard hopes to
get job back
By Matt Miller
CARLISLE - A former state prison guard expects to get his job back now
that a Cumberland County prosecutor has dropped charges that he molested
two stepsisters more than a decade ago ... The younger sister came forward
with allegations of sexual abuse in early 2004 while she was undergoing
psychological treatment for emotional problems and self-mutilation. Her
older sister then accused Morgan, and he was arrested by Mount Holly
police ...
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The Guardian,
Friday January 27, 2006
Still stuck with closets
By Gareth McLean
... Certainly, it's easier to be gay now than it
ever was, but homophobic bullying is still rife in schools - the suicide
rate among gay youngsters is significantly higher than among their
straight counterparts, and research suggests that almost a third of
bullied lesbian and gay children self-harm - and hate crimes still occur,
even in big shiny cities ... |
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American Chronicle, January 26, 2006
Teenagers 'cutting' themselves...not school
(includes graphic image)
By Domingo Ivan Casañas
... The more I thought about it, the more curious I was to investigate
this new blood cult.
... In most cases it is a public display and private self-abuse, a morbid
secret and a public confession ... In some schools it has almost become a
group-led gothic kind of fashion-statement. The self-abuser can look at it
as a grungy display of hardness (look at the pain I can bear) and/or
softness (look at the pain I am feeling inside). ...
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Irish Health, Thursday January 26, 2006
86,000 used Samaritan helpline in '05
Around 86,000 people contacted the
Samaritans helpline in 2005, with at least one in five of these expressing
suicidal thoughts, the organisation has said ...
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FilmThreat.com, January 26, 2006
Lauren Greenfield talks "thin"
By Eric Campos
... With Thin,
acclaimed photographer Lauren Greenfield takes us inside a Florida
residential treatment center to observe four women recovering from
anorexia ...
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FauquierToday.com, January 26, 2006
More than tolerance
By Eric Beidel, Staff Writer
Fauquier/Culpeper gay advocacy group fights for civil rights
... The group plans to reach out to teens because "the leading cause of
death for gay youth is suicide. Where are they supposed to go?" Tully
asked, shrugging and holding up a recent newspaper article about
self-mutilation among high-schoolers. ...
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turnto10.com, January 25, 2006
'My
Enemy, Myself' Details Author's Battle With Abuse
... From there on, the self-mutilation escalated, she said. "There was
cutting, burning, using a hammer, smashing my bones when I was young. It
wasn't to kill myself, it was to release the pain.” ...
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Pembrokeshiretv.com,
January 24, 2006
No Blame Makes Bullying Worse Says Kids Charity
... "If it's properly used the approach can
work with time and with low-level bullying," said Kidscape counsellor
Linda Frost. "But we're getting more self-harm and suicide from this than
from anything else." ... |
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Gazette.com,
Colorado Springs, January 22, 2006
Cutting to
cope
By Brian Newsome - The Gazette
The shaving excuse lasted only so long. The cuts were too
frequent for clumsiness. And Shelly kept her bedroom too secret, even for
a teenager. |
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The Sunday Times -
Scotland, January 22, 2006
Saved: the life I lost to despair
... I could think of
nothing else — carbon monoxide poisoning, jumping off a wardrobe, hanging
myself, suffocating in a plastic bag tied over my head. The self-harm
started by pouring boiling water over myself. Then I started cutting with
razor blades that I smuggled into the hospital....
See also:
'I decided to overdose, slowly'
When nothing could treat her depression, Cathy Wield agreed to brain
surgery (Health Telegraph, January 23, 2006) |
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Irish Medical Times, 20
January, 2005
Deprivation a factor in rise in self harm cases
By Ian McGuinness
Social deprivation, a young
population and the location of psychiatric services are contributing to a
high rate of deliberate self-harm (DSH) admissions to one of the country’s
biggest hospitals |
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EDP24,
16 January, 2006
‘Change attitudes’ call on mental health
By Mark Nicholls
A charity is launching a campaign in Norfolk
to change the nation's attitude towards mental health. |
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Cambridge
Evening News, 13 January, 2006
Increased violence 'is a myth'
... Both Carole and
Jeannette said service users were more likely to harm themselves than
others.... |
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'Pakistan Times' Monitoring
Desk
'Pro-Anorexia'
Site Probe Begins
MLONDON: Mental health groups are calling for
the closure of websites that promote anorexia. ... A study has found
nearly half the people who visited them felt the sites led them to self
harm. |
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Finger Lakes
Times, January 13, 2006
Depression stats high for area teens: Crowd attends Geneva forum
By Mike Maslanik
... The discussion
— “Teenage Depression, Suicide and Self-Injurious Behavior” — brought
statistician Robert Lillis, marriage and family counselor Dennis Boike and
Victor schools’ social worker John Ryan together to outline possible
causes and ways for the community to deal with the problem.... |
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News-Medical.Net,
Tuesday January 10, 2006
Advances in treatment
of borderline personality disorder
An editorial in the
January 2006 issue of the
British
Journal of Psychiatry concludes that mental health professionals
should be optimistic about improvements in the treatment of borderline
personality disorder (BPD). |
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24-7Press
Release.com, Tuesday
January 10, 2006
Authors of controversial book about alcoholism appear on radio
programme
Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald, authors of the
controversial book on alcoholism "Phoenix in a Bottle", were guests on
Friday's edition of BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show.
... The couple suggest that alcoholism, in common with other
self-harming disorders like bulimia, anorexia and self-mutilation,
often stems from problems experienced in childhood.... |
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Seacoastonline, Portsmouth Herald, Sunday
January 08, 2006
Ten
kids' health issues to watch in 2006
Though cutting is not a new phenomenon, this form of
self-injury among kids and teens has been in the spotlight in the past
year. ... As parents, teachers, and other adults become more aware of
cutting, and of the deeper connections between emotional pain and
self-injury, they are better able to get young people who cut the
professional help they need. ... |
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Belfast Telegraph, 03 January
2006
Charity in Ulster suicide warning
By Claire McNeilly
January is the busiest time of the year for hotline depression support
groups such as the Samaritans.... Figures show there are often more
suicides after the New Year than at any other time, while incidents of
self-harm - where people take overdoses or harm themselves - also become
more evident after the festive season. |
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| BBC News
Sunday, 1 January 2006 |
Drop in prison
suicides in 2005
There were 78 suicides in prisons in England and Wales 2005, down 18%
on the previous year's figure of 95, the government has said. |
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