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in Psychiatry -- One Patients View - Provides details on author's experience with Deliberate Self Harm Syndrome.

'Cutters' Learn How to Heal Their Scars - Originally published by the Los Angeles Times. Discusses residential treatment program for teens.

BBC - h2g2 - Self Injury - Discusses what SI is and is not, as well as ways to help one's self and others.
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CNN.com - Self-injury Poorly Understood Problem - Written in conjuction with WebMD. Discusses motivations and methods of helping.

Cutting Signals Need for Emotional Help - Originally published by ABC News. Offers commentary and quotes.

eNotAlone : Self-Injury Articles and Excerpts - Provides several articles covering a variety of aspects of SI.
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Explaining Self-Injurious Behaviors - UW-Eau Claire Counseling Services guide for recognizing and overcoming SI. Includes general information and additional resources.

SelfhelpMagazine - Self-Inflicted Violence: Helping Those Who Hurt Themselves - Provides information on what to do for those who participate in SI.

Suffering in Silence Pressures of Youth Can Lead to Self-Mutilation, Experts Say - Originally published by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Discusses one girl's recovery.

The Behavioral Treatment of Self-mutilation - Research paper on treating parasuicidal behavior, as a borderline personality disorder, with Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Includes references.

404 The Guardian - Sense of Failure: the Scale of Teenage Self-harm - Information and results from a survey of British teenagers, conducted by The Priory.

The Womens Health Council - Women and Parasuicide: a Literature Review - Highlights of various international studies. Includes references, with links.
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Understanding Self-Injurious Behavior - Student Assistance Journal piece containing general information including symptoms, treatment strategies, and footnotes. [Summer 2002]

WebMD - Self-Injury No Longer Rare Among Teens - Discusses results of a British study.
Meta Description: [ Cutting and other dangerous acts becoming new cries for help among youths. ]

Wikipedia - Self-harm - Hyperlinked encyclopedia entry covers demographics, culture, psychology, and treatment. Includes references and links to external information.

Women's eNews - Female Teens Discuss Their Self Injury - Teen responses to a posting on the Maryland-based Focus Adolescent Services Web site.
Meta Description: [ Teens who responded to a Women's eNews' posting on the Maryland-based Focus Adolescent Services Web site openly discussed their lives of enormous sadness, little-understood emotions and an inexplicable attraction to the thrill of self-inflicted pain. ]