Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Self-Injury at School

• Main Authors: Miller, David N. (Author), Brock, Stephen E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Developmental Psychopathology at School
• Subjects: Medicine.; Psychotherapy.; Education.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Counseling.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Developmental psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Educational Psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Education, general.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Developmental Psychology.

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among young people—most notably in the form of forearm- or wrist-cutting—occurs across cultural groups, social strata, and developmental stages, puzzling and repelling adults. Youth engaging in NSSI behaviors are at a higher risk for suicidality as well as other mental...