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About Self Injury

Descriptions of what self injury is and isn't. I've split the links into two sections: Single page descriptions and more comprehensive sites. The single pages are nice if you need fast facts or something to hand out to friends and family.

Single Pages
Booklets
Sites

Single Pages

• Self-injury: A Quick Guide to the Basics A quick primer on self-injury from Deb Martinson's site.
• Self-Injury: Beyond the Myths A short introduction to self injury by Deb Martinson.
• Self-Mutilation/Cutting The best single-page introduction to self injury I have come across. It describes the methods, demographics etc. and has a reasonable list of resources.

• About Self Harm... - Self injury descriged from a personal perspective. Explains different triggers and coping strategies.
• Adolescent Self-Harm - An introduction from American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Beneath The Covers: Self-harm - A quick description of self injury. Also mentions some of the myths about self injury. Unfortunately has lots of javascript effects.
• Danger Signals Of Self-Harm - Some things to look out for. The signs mentioned might also indicate suicidal behaviour or depression.
• Deliberate self-harm in young people - A factsheet from The Royal College of Psychiatrists. Part of the Mental Health and Growing Up series.
• Dr. Moskovitz Discusses Self-Harm - Talks about the links between BPD and self injury.
• Haven - Describes itself as "A sanctuary for those who support self-injurers". Has nice sections on how to talk about self injury and how to take care of oneself.
• "I Keep Cutting Myself and I Can't Stop!" - A factsheet from Coolnurse.
• Problems facing teens and everyone else - Short introduction. Most of the external links on this page don't work.
• Self Harm - A short introduction from Abhaya's Home. The site has lots of information on topics like mpd and ritual abuse.
• Self-harm - From the Pale Reflections eating Disorder Community.
• Self-Injury/Self-Harm - List different methods of self injury. Has a description of the author's personal experiences with self injury.
• Self Injurious Behavior - A brief introduction from the North Dakota Center for People with Disabilities.
• Self Injury - A brief description of self injury and a list of tips on how to overcome an immediate urge to self injure. Part of a site dealing with eating disorders.
• Self-Injury - The who, why and what of self injury in list form. The site, Crying Eyes, also has sections on eating disorders, depression and suicide.
• Self Injury: A Place of Pain - Directed at medical personnel, this page talks about self injurers right to proper treatment - both physically and psychological.
• Specific Issues Information: Self-Inflicted Violence - Short description from the Oberlin College Counseling Center.
• Stereotypes - Describes 6 common self injury stereotypes.
• What Is Self-Injury? - The what, who and why of self injury. Also has a link page.
• What is self-injury? - Deb's 'A Quick Guide...' published on another site.
• What is self mutilation and other self abusive behaviors? - A short essay-style introduction to self injury.
• Wounded - A page from the bipolar section of about.com.

Booklets

• Male Self-injury The text from a booklet published by Young Persons Advisory Service.
• Women and self-injury booklet series Booklets from the Bristol Crisis Service for Women.
• Worried about self-injury? A booklet in pdf format from YoungMinds. Aimed at young people.

Sites

• Healthy Mind BBC has a nice minisite on the topic.
• The Hidden Truth Offers the author's personal experiences and a brief general description of self injury. Has some interesting sections on how to stop. Lists a lot of interesting answers to a self injury questionnaire hosted on the site.
• Kharre's Home Kharre's site is an excellent introduction to self injury for both the self injurer and his/her family and friends.
• My Friend - My Enemy Has a lot of useful information on how to handle self injury emergencies.

• Cutters - An essay-style introduction to self injury and a nice section on how friends can help self injurers.
• Self-Harm - 8 pages of short descriptions of different aspects of self injury. Has an interesting theory on the cycle of self mutilation.
• Self-harm - A description of self injury as well as pages on how to stop and how to control bleeding from cuts. Also tells the author's self injury story.
• Self-Mutilation - A college student created this for one of his classes.
• Untitled - A short introduction to self injury from the website Dissolving Venus The site also has a short introduction to depression.
• Voices of Experience: Self-Injury - A mini-site on about.com.
• Whats the Harm? - Describes what self injury is and how to try to prevent it. Is hosted on a somewhat dodgy server, so you might not get to it in your first try.