Filed In:
Teens and Self-Injury, Self-Mutilation and Self-Abuse
No matter how you term a teenager's problem of 'cutting', whether it's Self-Injury, Self-Mutilation or Self-Abuse, it is a growing problem for parents of teens. Find help on these sites.
The Choking Game: Is Your Teen Playing?
Parents need to know about this high-risk and potentially deadly game, one whose point is to experience the rush of blood as it returns to the brain, which can lead to death. Learn more about this dangerous game here.
How do I Know if My Teen is Engaging in Self-Harm?
What are signs that will tell me if my teen is hurting herself? What are signs that will tell me if my teen is hurting herself? I just learned that a close friend of hers is in counseling for cutting. My daughter now spends most of her time alone in her room. Could she be deliberately hurting herself? Find out here.
Why do Teens Hurt Themselves with Self-Harming Behaviors?
Understanding why teens would want to self-harm is difficult. Learn why here.
How to Help Your Teen If They Are Cutting
If you suspect your teen is deliberately cutting, follow these steps to help them.
When Teens Self-Harm: How Dangerous Is It?
Article on self-harm and how dangerous it is for teens to use cutting as a coping behavior.
CUT: A Young Adult Novel by Patricia McCormick
Book review on the book CUT which shows cutting from the teen perspective.
Self Abuse Collection - Poems Prose Short Stories
Pieces which center around a person's desire to hurt oneself physically from teenagers who were published at the About Teen Writing site.
Classifying Self-harm
The first step in classifying self-harm, as demonstrated by Favazza (1996), is to sort out what makes a type of self-injury pathological, as opposed to culturally-sanctioned. Learn more on this excellent site.
Who self-injures?
Psychological characteristics common in self-injurers.