Teen self-injury
By: by Melissa Higgins ; content consultant, Sarah Feuerbacher
Contributors: Feuerbacher, Sarah, consultant
Series: Essential issues; Essential issues
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781624034237
Subjects: Young adult fiction; Self-mutilation; Cutting (Self-mutilation); Self-mutilation in adolescence; Juvenile literature; Self-injurious behavior
Description: This title examines how self-injury affects individuals and society, investigates how people are working to put an end to self-injury, and analyzes the controversies and conflicting viewpoints surrounding the issue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105) and index.
Table of contents: title: Self-injury: a growing trend; title: What is self-injury?; title: The history of self-injury; title: Who self-injures and why; title: Consequences of self-injury; title: Self-injury and society; title: Self-injury and the internet; title: What's being done about self-injury?; title: Treatment: helping those who self-injure.