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Adolescent self-injury : a comprehensive guide for counselors and health care professionals /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	D'Onofrio, Amelio A.
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Springer Pub., [2007]
Subjects:	Self-destructive behavior in adolescence. Adolescent Behavior. Self-Injurious Behavior. Adolescent. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction : self-injury on the frontlines
The context and features of adolescent self-injury
The experience of trauma and the foundations for self-injury
The developmental effects of complex trauma
The phenomenology of self-injury : the attempt to turn pain into self-healing
Engaging the self-injurer : making contact with the person behind the behavior
Assessing self-injury and the self-injurious adolescent
From self-injury to health : an overview of the treatment process
Managing self-injury in the school and on the college campus
Epilogue : a voice of hope in the face of suffering.