self-mutilation

Ruth Wallace struggles to hide the scars on her arms and the fact that she cuts herself from her friends and family, but when her boyfriend and best friend begin to get suspicious, Ruth realizes she must find a new way to cope with her disastrous life.

Explains the psychological disorder of self-mutilation, using case studies and interviews to present a portrait of the self-mutilator, and offering advice on how to overcome the affliction.

A discussion of cutting and self-injury, explaining what it is and why it happens, encouraging young people to seek help from a trusted adult, and including coping strategies.

When committed to an upscale group home outside Asheville, North Carolina, eighteen-year-old Taylor Drysdale pretends that her bipolar disorder is under control and that she will leave soon, but relationships with her fellow residents may hold the key to real recovery.

Provides exercises and advice designed to help teenagers who cut and self-injure, discussing reasons people engage in self-mutilation, positive ways to deal with stress, and how to develop a plan to quit and stay safe.

In her late teens, Victoria Leatham began cutting herself. The wounds on the outside help with the wounds inside, which manifest themseves as eating disorders, sexual promiscuity, substance abuse, and bipolar disorder.

Gets inside the mind of a person who cuts themselves to relieve their internal pain. The author has fought her way back to emotional health and has rebuilt her life.

After spending five months in treatment, Skey still doesn't know why she hurt herself, but when she meets another boy her own age who has many of the same problems, she begins to understand her own destructive behavior.

While confined to a mental hospital, thirteen-year-old Callie slowly comes to understand some of the reasons behind her self-mutilation, and gradually starts to get better.