Cutting / Self Mutilation

What do I do: If I want more information on self-injury?

  • Check out these resources:
    • http://selfinjury.com/sifacts.htm
    • Clarke, Liam; Whittaker, Margaret. "Self-Mutilation: Culture, Contexts and Nursing Responses." Journal of Clinical Nursing. 1998. Vol. 7.
    • Favazza, AR. Bodies Under Siege: Self-Mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
    • Levenkron, Steven. Cutting: Understanding & Overcoming Self-Mutilation. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1998.
    • Strong, Marilee. A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain. New York: Penguin Putnam Incorporated, 1998.
    • Turner, V.J. Secret Scars: Uncovering and Understanding the Addiction of Self- Injury. Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2002.
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