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Beneath the Skin
This article from Wench describes
the author's own experience with self injury. Has a good description of
self injury rituals.
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Male SI: A Personal Perspective
A rare account of a male who self injures. This article is from
Kuro5hin, so a lengthy discussion
of the article is included.
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Self-Inflicted Violence: Helping Those Who Hurt Themselves
This article by Tracy Alderman is available on many sites on the Internet:
- Cutting - Focuses on cutting but mentions other forms of self injury. Mentions different ways of getting help.
- Cutting - From Teenmag.com.
- Cutting: Self-Injury by Teens - An article from No Hurt (a publication of Young People's Press). Tells the stories of two young people who used to self-injure.
- The Glass in my Refrigerator - Inga Muscio writes about her journey toward healing.
- Living under the knife - Basically a review of Steven Levenkron's Cutting, this piece also has some personal thoughts on self injury from the reviewer.
- Secret Shame - An article by Gordon Houghton, author of The Dinner Party. The three parts cover the professional/medical approach, the experience of individuals, and what people can do to stop. From the Richmond Review.
- Self-Abuse: A Cutting-Edge Addiction? - A short article from drDrew.
- Self-Injury: A problem that still carries a stigma, and how people can seek help - An article from the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. Mostly describes how the counselors at the school can help the students. Mentions various forms of treatment.
- Self-injury poorly understood problem - CNN.
- The Self Mutilation Syndrome: Solutions - This article focuses on the various treatments available for self injurers. Part two of a series. Part one is titled Bleeding For Help: The Self Mutilation Syndrome.
- Suffering in Silence: Pressures of Youth Can Lead to Self-Mutilation, Experts Say - A story from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reproduced on the APA news site.
- Understanding Self Injury - Article by Stuart Sorensen.
- Why People Harm Themselves - A doctor describes his first experience with a self-harming patient.
Chat Transcripts
- Self Injury Community Conference Transcripts - Chats with various guests (Wendy Lader, among others) at HealthyPlace.
- Self-Injury Chat Transcript - Features Dr. Tracy Alderman.
Articles from About.com
- Recovering from Self-Injury - Describes why people self-injure and mentions some current treatment methods.
- Self-Injury - A somewhat jumbled piece on self-injury from About.com.
- Troubled Teens: Fact Sheets for Parents. Part 1: Self-Injury - A brief fact sheet on self injury.
Articles from Suite101.com
Under the subject heading self-mutilation Suite101.com offer the following articles.
- Eating Disorders and Cutting
- Is Self-Mutilation a Disorder?
- Pain: It cuts like a knife
- The Stigma of Self-Injury
- Suicidal Ideation And Self Mutilation
Self-Injury
A series of Suite101.com articles by Sheri Wallace.