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Definition

"Self-mutilation, a feature of self-harm or self-injury, is intentional injury to one's own body tissues without an accompanying, conscious intention to commit suicide."

 

(Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, 2008)

 

Keywords

Self-mutilation

Self-injurious Behavior

Self-destructive Behavior

Mutilation

Teen cutting

Self-injury

Malingering

 

Narrow the topic

Why do people intentionally injure themselves?

What are the most common forms of intentional self harm?

Why are teenagers often victims of this self destructive behavior?

How is this related to other psychological disorders?

What is the treatment for this self destructive behavior?

What is meant by the statement that self mutilation is a coping mechanism?

What are some of the feelings associated with this behavior that classify it as an addiction?

 

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Self-harm Documentary

 

Reference Books

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Encyclopedia of psychology
Call Number: REF BF31 .E52 2000

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Encyclopedia of criminology and deviant behavior
Call Number: REF HV6017 .E53 2001

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Gale encyclopedia of mental health, 2nd ed.
Call Number: REF RC437 .G36 2008

 

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