Coping With Self-Mutilation: A Helping Book for Teens Who Hurt Themselves (Coping)

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Two clearly written, well-organized titles. Self-Mutilation is an accessible volume that defines this self-destructive behavior and takes a look at the causes and physical and psychological effects. Emphasis is placed on self-help measures and available treatment. Brief, personal stories and profiles illustrate the author's points. Scoliosis looks at the patterns of spinal curvature, treatment options, and emotional effects of this condition. From scientific explanations of Cobb angles (a measurement system designed to help classify spinal curves) and the Risser scale (to determine bone maturity) to firsthand descriptions of peer ridicule and feelings of embarrassment, this text fully explores the physical and emotional issues involved in the diagnosis and treatment of scoliosis. Pencil drawings include illustrations of the spine and the types of orthopedic braces patients wear. Both books give helpful, factual information while offering reassurance and hope.

Cry of Pain: Understanding Suicide and Self-Harm (Penguin Psychology)

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Book about suicide, parasuicide, and self-harm.

Cut: Mercy for Self Harm

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You keep the scars hidden and tell yourself you can stop, but you cant. You think the pain of cutting will end the hurt inside, but it always comes back. Maybe you dont even want to admit that you engage in selfharm. Is there any hope for breaking free? Author Nancy Alcorn says yes, you can find hope and freedom if you apply the principles in this book. Nancy combines deep compassion with practical knowledge, insight and guidance from Gods Word. The lives of more than two thousand young women who have experienced the lifechanging program of Mercy Ministries which Nancy founded, are proof that these principles work. Cut will help you learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of selfharm, understand how and why these behaviors develop, and know how to break free and stay free. Read the stories of girls just like you, who once had no hope but now live with joy and freedom. Theres also a special section for parents and others who care. There is mercy for selfharm!

Cutting And Self-Harm (Psychological Disorders)

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Cutting and Self-Mutilation: When Teens Injure Themselves (Teen Issues)

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Explains what cutting is and explores why teens might deliberately injure themselves, stressing that cutting is a curable condition and offering readers suggestions about where to find help or how to help others. Illustrations.

Cutting and the Pedagogy of Self-Disclosure

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Cutting It Out: A Journey Through Psychotherapy And Self-harm

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Cutting the Pain Away: Understanding Self-Mutilation (Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders)

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Examines the nature, causes, and treatment of self-mutilation and related disorders, as well as ways of helping someone who inflicts self-injuries.

Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation

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The author of the seminal and groundbreaking Treating and Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa now explains the phenomena of self-mutilation a disorder that affects as many as two million Americans. Cutting takes the reader through the psychological experience of the person who seeks relief from mental pain and anguish in self-inflicted physical pain. Steven Levenkron traces the components that predispose a personality to becoming a self-mutilator: genetics family experience childhood trauma and parental behavior. Written for the self-mutilator parents friends and therapists Levenkron explains why the disorder manifests in self-harming behaviors and most of all describes how the self-mutilator can be helped.

Deliberate Self-harm in Adolescence (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Series)

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This informative resource provides guidance for professionals and parents caring for young people at risk of self-harm and suicide. The authors, who are well-known in the field, consider what research tells us about the increased prevalence of suicide and self-harm among adolescents, including what the possible risk factors may be.