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YAEssential Issues series.
Readable if bland prose explains the basics of self-injury, including history, psychology regarding the practices of cutting, and avenues for help. The informative pages are crowded with stock photographs (lots of close-ups of razor blades and scars), sidebars, and quotes from professionals and teens. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.