Self Mutilation
 
 

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Nonfiction Books
       
  A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain
by Marilee Strong. Viking, 1998.
 
  This author believes that cutting is a coping mechanism. Information on healing is provided.
 
  Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation
by Steven Levenkron. W.W. Norton. 1998.
 

 
The author seeks to explain how people who cut are seeking solace and relief from mental pain and anguish.
 
  The Scarred Soul: Understanding & Ending Self-Inflicted Violence
by Tracy Alderman. New Harbinger, 1997.

 

 
A step-by-step book written to help individuals understand and control deliberate Self Inflicted Violence (SIV). Cutting, burning, hitting self, breaking bones, nail biting, hair pulling, interfering with healing of wounds.
 

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Novels

 
       
  Cut
by Patricia McCormick. Front Street, 2000.
 

 
For a year following fifteen-year-old Callie�s brother Sam�s first asthma attack, she doesn�t talk to anyone.
 
  The Luckiest Girl in the World
by Steven Levenkron. Scribner, 1997.
 
  Katie is very lucky. She has adults at her school and a therapist who care and will not let her down.
 

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Web Sites
       
  Focus Adolescent Services: Self-injury
http://www.focusas.com/SelfInjury.html
 
  What is self-injury and why do people do it? How can others help.
  Help
http://www.vinland.org/scamp/
institute/help.html

 
  List of treatment programs and resources for self-injurers.
Holding Hope - A Safe Place for Those That Self Injure and the People Who Love them
http://home.earthlink.net/~rebafan/
Resources.html

 
 Includes web links to other sites on self-injury, books, and other resources.
  SAFE Alternatives� (Self-Abuse Finally Ends)
http://www.safe-alternatives.com
 
  Treatment approach, professional network and educational resource base, dedicated to ending to self-injurious behavior.
 
  Self-Injury & Related Issues (SIARI)
http://www.siari.co.uk/
 
  The latest news, views, research, and books on self-injury from across the world.
  Self Abuse.com
http://www.selfabuse.com
 
  Information about self-injury, coping skills, support groups, and ways to stay safe.
  Self-Injury
http://www.coolnurse.com/self-injury.htm
 
  Understanding why people �cut.�
Self-Injury: A Struggle
http://www.self-injury.net/
 
An award winning site on self-injury.
  Self-Injury, Abuse & Trauma Resource Directory
http://www.self-injury-abuse-trauma-directory.info/
 
  Resource directory from the SIARI site.
     
 

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