By their own young hand : deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideas in adolescents / Keith Hawton and Karen Rodham with Emma Evans.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2006Description: 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781843102304 (pbk.) :
- 9781843102304
- 1846425298
- Teenagers -- Suicidal behavior -- Great Britain
- Teenagers -- Suicidal behavior -- Great Britain -- Prevention
- Parasuicide -- Great Britain
- Parasuicide -- Great Britain -- Prevention
- Problem youth -- Services for -- Great Britain
- Self-Injurious Behavior -- psychology
- Suicide -- psychology
- Self-Injurious Behavior -- therapy
- Suicide -- prevention & control
- Counseling -- methods
- Adolescent
- 362.2808350941 22
- HV6546
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-257) and index.
1. Introduction and overview. Part One: The Nature of Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescents. 2. Investigating deliberate self-harm in adolescents. 3. The nature, prevalence and impact of deliberate self-harm and other suicidal phenomena in adolescents. 4. How do adolescents who deliberately self-harm or have thoughts of self-harm differ from other adolescents? 5. Adolescents' help seeking, coping strategies and attitudes and their relevance to deliberate self-harm. Part Two: Prevention and Treatment of Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescents. 6. Schools and deliberate self-harm. 7. The health service and deliberate self harm. 8. Self-help, crisis lines, the Internet, media and deliberate self-harm 9. Conclusions. References. Appendix I Guidelines used in the Schools Study for categorising respondents' descriptions of deliberate self-harm. Appendix II Information sheet given to participants after they completed the questionnaire. Appendix III Self-harm: guidelines for school staff. Appendix IV Robson's self concept scale (short version). Appendix V Useful contact addresses in the UK for advice for young people with problems, or their friends or relatives in need of advice. Appendix VI Sources of information about deliberate self-harm, suicide and mental health problems. Appendix VII Further reading. References. Subject index. Author index.
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Packed with adolescents' own personal accounts and perspectives, this accessible overview will be essential reading for teachers, social workers and mental health professionals.
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