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Primary Source Quotes
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Research, a primary source consists of: 1) results of original research presented by an organization or researcher; 2) eyewitness
accounts of events, personal experience, or work experience; 3) first-person editorials offering pundits’ opinions; 4) government
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Primary Source Quotes*
How Serious a Problem Are Cutting
and Self-Injury Among Teens?
“
Studies show that far more young people self-harm
than their parents realize or will admit to, which is
very sad for all concerned.
”
—Jane Smith,
The Parent’s Guide to Self-Harm: What Parents Need to Know
. Oxford, UK: Lion, 2012, p. 21.
Smith is director of Anorexia and Bulimia Care, a charity in the United Kingdom
that helps teens with eating disorders and those who self-harm.
“
As a psychologist who has been treating teens in San
Diego for almost 30 years, I am blown away by re-
cent increases in the numbers of teens who are self
harming.
”
—Divya Kakaiya, “Guest Column: Self-Harming Teens Influenced by Social Media,”
Pomerado News
, May 16, 2014.
Kakaiya is a psychologist, neuroscientist, and school consultant in San Diego,
California.
