THE CUTTING EDGE: Resources to Help You Better Understand Self-Injury
DESCRIPTION:
Self-injury is intentionally hurting the body (e.g. cutting,
burning etc..) but without suicidal intent. Because it often looks like a
suicidal gesture it tends to evoke fear and confusion. Its very nature seems to
defy deep instinctual human drives for self-preservation as well strong social
taboos related to self-inflicted injury. It is, after all, quite puzzling. Why
would someone choose to cut up or otherwise hurt his/her body? Why would they
do this in a way that looks like a suicide attempt but then insist that it
actually has nothing to do with suicide at all? How do we understand this, let
alone effectively respond to it?
As a result of participating, participants will be able to:
• Identify key features of self-injury epidemiology and vectors for contagion
• Understand core principles and practices in effective self-injury detection and intervention
• Discuss implications of the above for development of protocols and intervention strategies
• Identify useful NSSI resources (articles, books, websites)
PRESENTERS:
CATHY DAVIS: Utah State Board of Education, Student Advocacy Services, Youth Protection & Suicide Prevention
250 E 500 S PO Box 144200 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
http://www.selfinjury.bctr.cornell.edu/about-self-injury.html#tab6
Is Self-Injury A Suicidal Act?
http://www.selfinjury.bctr.cornell.edu/perch/resources/how-does-self-injury-change-feelings-5.pdf
How Does Self Injury Change Feelings
http://www.selfinjury.bctr.cornell.edu/perch/resources/parenting-2.pdf
Information for Parents: What you need to know about self-injury
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