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Cutting and Self-Mutilation: When Teens Injure Themselves
64 pp.
| Enslow |
March, 2003 |
LibraryISBN 0-7660-1956-X$$17.95
(4)
YATeen Issues series.
This look at self-injury discusses the reasons why people cut, burn, or otherwise physically hurt themselves; the behavior's link with mental illness; and the groups who disproportionately self-injure (women and girls, abuse victims). Scattered throughout are insights by mental-health professionals and self-injurers, as well as drab, posed black-and-white photos of ostensibly distressed adolescents. Bib., glos., ind.