93
Pediatrics
(journal), 20, 29, 31, 59
personality traits, risk for self-
harming behavior and,
44
polls.
See
surveys
prevention, 7, 17–18
Prutsman, Tara, 66–67
psychotherapy, 64–66
results of,
73
race/ethnicity, prevalence of self-
injury and, 23–25
Rodham, Karen, 12, 24
Rosen, David, 10, 13, 64
Ross, Mathilde, 72
Royal College of Psychiatrists
(UK), 29, 33, 57, 58, 70
S.A.F.E. Alternatives program, 15,
66–67
self-injury
addiction to, 50–51
alternatives to,
74
causes of, 7, 13–14, 39
definition of, 6
methods of, 6, 10–11,
11
,
60
as obsessive behavior, 51–52, 54
online promotion of, 37–39, 47
prevalence of, 6, 11–12, 29, 59
gender differences in, 31,
32
racial differences in, 23–25
worldwide, 21–22,
30
risk factors for,
44
scarring from, 49–50, 55, 56
secretiveness about, 20, 28
gender differences in, 32
See also
health risks; prevention;
treatment(s)
Serani, Deborah, 8, 40, 56
Shorthand, Claire, 51–52
Smith, Jane, 26, 41, 70
Steingard, Ron, 9
substance abuse, 47, 56, 61
as risk factor for self-harming
behavior,
44
suicide, 58, 61
self-injury as warning sign for,
52–53, 56
Suicide and Life-Threatening
Behavior
(journal), 12
surveys
of British teens on reasons
for/feelings leading to self-
harming,
46
on frequency of self-harming,
31
on methods of self-injury used,
60
on prevalence of self-harming,
29
in England, 22–23
on traumas experienced by self-
harming youths,
45
Tartakovsky, Margarita, 27, 70
treatment(s), 7, 16–17, 72
intensive inpatient care, 66–67
psychotherapy, 64–66
types/results of,
73
Turner, James M., 58, 73
University of Oxford, 38, 58
validation, 65–66
Walker, Steven, 27, 40
warning signs, 6, 12–13
Whitlock, Janis, 50
on frequency of self-harming
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