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Bibliography Self Injury Suicide Discussion boards Self Injury Suicide Last update: March 19, 2000			Books on self injury When clicking on the title or the cover of the books, you are taken to Amazon.co.uk. If you prefer to buy from Amazon.com you can click the link 'Buy from USA' next to the title of the book you wish to buy. Reviews of books and videos dealing with self injury can be found at this very comprehensive page. A Bright Red Scream Bodies Under Siege Coping With Self-Mutilation Crosses Cutting Healing the Hurt Within Hurt Yourself Less Workbook The Language of Injury The Scarred Soul The Self-harm Help Book Skin Game Women Who Hurt Themselves Have you read a good book on SI that's not listed here? Please drop me a line and I'll put it up as soon as possible. A Bright Red Scream  Buy from USA Marilee Strong I (Marilee) wrote this book to provide both hope and help to people who self-injure. No one need suffer in silence, believing that they are alone in their pain. There are ways to heal both the internal and external wounds. I am grateful to the fifty-plus self-injurers from across the U.S. (and in the U.K., Canada, and Australia) who so bravely shared their stories with me and a like number of researchers and experts who treat self-injury whose insights helped me understand this very complex phenomenon. Bodies Under Siege  Buy from USA Armando R. Favazza This work analyzes the complex issues surrounding self-mutilation, drawing on case studies from clinical psychiatry and cultural anthropology to show that the phenomenon is deeply embedded culturally, and far more common than is often thought. Top of page Coping With Self-Mutilation  Buy from USA A Helping Book for Teens Who Hurt Themselves Alicia Clarke, M.A. A growing number of young people are trying to cope with their problems and challenges by harming themselves physically. In this sensitively written book, teens and their parents can learn what self-mutilation is and why people harm themselves. Crosses  Buy from USA Shelley Stoehr Nancy and Katie are best friends with one big thing in common: they both cut themselves. They don't cut by accident; they do it purposely. And they don't talk about why they do it. Soon nancy realizes that she and Katie need cutting to get through the day. Nancy can cover the scars on her arms and legs. It's the others, the ones inside, that are becoming hard to hide Top of page Cutting  Buy from USA Steven Levenkron In this work, author Steven Levenkron explains the phenomenon of self- mutilation. Written for sufferers, parents, friends and therapists, the book aims to unravel step by step the mindset of the self-mutilator. Levenkron explains why the disorder manifests in self-harming behaviour and describes how the self-mutilator can be helped. Healing the Hurt Within  Buy from USA Jan Sutton The author has researched into some people's need to self-injure, misuse food or abuse alcohol. In this book teenagers and adults reveal their stories of childhood sexual abuse, deprivation, rape and other life traumas. They provide the reader with valuable insights into what helps relieve the associated emotional suffering. Top of page Hurt Yourself Less Workbook E. Dace No description available for this book. The Language of Injury Gloria Babiker, Lois Arnold The emphasis of this text is that persuading people to stop self-mutilation may be more harmful than the injuries themselves. The book discusses cultural and historical aspects, as well as the causes and functions self-injury serve. Top of page The Scarred Soul  Buy from USA Tracy Alderman This step-by-step guide is designed to help victims of self-inflicted violence understand why they feel the need to hurt themselves and to take steps to change their behaviour. Most victims tend to be teenage girls or women in their twenties. To hurt themselves is sometimes a way of focusing and controlling overwhelming feelings of chaos. For others, it frees them from the numbness that defends them from the pain of previous abuse. The Self-harm Help Book Lois Arnold No description available for this book. Top of page Skin Game  Buy from USA Caroline Kettlewell I couldn't stop reading this amazing story of self-mutilation. While her public life proceeds along conventional lines, Caroline Kettlewell's private existence is anything but placid. The contrast between the two results in a memoir of hypnotic intensity - reminiscent at times of a book Kettlewell mentions that she has read three times, Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar'. Thanks to Kettlewell's uncanny ability to observe herself, 'Skin Game' also offers insights of uncommon penetration and humor. What's the harm Lois Arnold, Anne Magill No description available for this book. Top of page Women Who Hurt Themselves  Buy from USA Dusty Miller Women Who Hurt Themselves explores the suffering of women who reenact childhood trauma, particularly abuse or neglect, through self-destructive behavior. Miller is a therapist who has treated hundreds of women with this condition (which she labels Trauma Reenactment Syndrome, or TRS) and whose behaviors include self-mutilation, alcoholism, drug addiction, and eating disorders. Top of page Webmaster: wulff@ratatosk.net