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Self-harm and self-injury news round up 2006
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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.

Salt Lake Tribune, (US), 19 September, 2006
Learning balance: Colleges, parents pressure students too much
...
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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 ...

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...

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 AND SELF-INJURY....

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. ...

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." ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

August

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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

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....

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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.

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. ...

July

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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. ...

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. ...

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," ...

St. Petersburg Times, Florida, 19 July, 2006
Help for delinquent girls criticized
... Half of the girls engaged in self-mutilation, ...

Miami Herald, 18 July, 2006
MySpace, MySickness: The dark side of the popular website
Some groups on the popular website glorify anorexia, drug abuse and self-mutilation.

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. ...

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, ...

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, ...

GMTV, Monday, 10 July 2006
Over 24,000 teenagers in the UK are admitted to hospital each year with self-inflicted injuries - find out how to get help

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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.

June

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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. ...

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. ...

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.

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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, ...

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. ...

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.
...

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. ...

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. ...

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.". ...

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.”. ...

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.". ...

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. ...

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. ...

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.
 

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. ...

For related stories see
Study: 20 percent of all students self-harm Monday 19 June, 2006, Indiana Daily Student
Growing Up Online Science News, Week of June 17, 2006; Vol. 169, No. 24 , p. 376
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
Cornell study examines surge in self-injury The Ithaca Journal, June 10, 2006
Self-injury trend confronts Princeton University The Princeton Packet, June 09, 2006
College Students May Hide Self-Harm WebMD, June 6, 2006
Survey: 'Cutting' phenomenon widespread MetroWest Daily News, June 6, 2006
Self-Abuse Pervasive In Ivy League CBS News, June 5, 2006
Self-Injury Is Prevalent Among College Students Newswire, 05 Jun 2006
Alarming surge in students resorting to physical self harm  Earthtimes.org,  05 Jun 2006
Self-Mutilation On The Rise All Headline News, 05 Jun 2006
Self-Injury Epidemic Inside Higher Ed, 05 Jun 2006

Study: 1 in 5 students practice self-injury CNN.com, 05 Jun 2006
Teenagers who cut or burn themselves find support on the Internet, but also share 'toxic' information, Cornell study finds Cornell Chronicle Online, 01 May 2006
For earlier related stories and a link to the research article click here

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. ...
 

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. ...
 

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. ...
 

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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, ...

KLTV 7, May 22, 2006
Dying To Lose Weight
... 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."

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. ...

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

See Related News Stories

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.

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....
24dash.com, May 09, 2006
Women's prison 'dogged by fear, self-harm and poor conditions'

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.

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.

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. ...

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. ...

The Rebel Yell, University of Nevada, May 05, 2006
Cutting away the pain  (Caution: contains images of self-injury)

The communications major said she would not have sought help if people had not noticed her scars. ...

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.

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. ...

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. ...

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

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. ...
 
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. ...

The Independent, Wednesday, 26 April 2006
Self harm: 'Teachers know it's going on, but they're scared'

... She wished people would not judge her, and asked why self-harm is not spoken
about in schools. ...

 

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. ...

 

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. ...
See related stories

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. ...

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.
 

SIARI, April 23, 2006
Self-Injury: Some Questions Answered (PDF format)
By Jan Sutton (Author, Trainer, Counsellor)

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. ...

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. ...
 

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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
 

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. ...
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. ...

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. ...

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....

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

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. ...

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.

expressandstar.com - Wolverhampton, 31 March, 2006