self-mutilation

Examines the nature, causes, and treatment of self-mutilation and related disorders, as well as ways of helping someone who inflicts self-injuries.

When desperately unhappy Laura, who secretly performs self-mutilation, finds her talisman and transports to Fortezza, a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance city-state of Lucca, she faces battles on the field and of the heart.

Discusses self-mutilation; providing information on the different types of self-injury, its connection to body modification, why people do it, its consequences, and how to help someone who harms themselves. Includes a glossary and a list of resources.

Coping with her mother's cancer makes seventeen-year-old Kia feel out of place everywhere until she is drawn into the goth-vampire club scene, where she finds acceptance and one gorgeous, popular guy who might offer escape.

Describes the forms of self-mutilation, presents depressed teenagers' explanations of why they cut or otherwise injure themselves, and explains how to get help for oneself or a friend.

Looks at some of the causes of self-mutilation, its most common forms, and methods of treatment.

Sometimes called self-inflicted violence, self-abuse, or self-mutilation, self-injury disorder is defined as the act of intentionally inflicting physical harm on oneself that causes damage to the body.

Becky, a former skating star who practices self-mutilation to relieve pressure, coaches a young girl who is showing signs of being a cutter and must come to terms with her own problems while trying to help her student.

Discusses self-mutilation and other self-harmful behavior, including why some individuals harm themselves, the risks of self-injury, and how to treat and prevent it.

When their best friend, Tink, dies from an apparent suicide, high school seniors Merissa and Nadia are alienated by their secrets, adrift from each other and from themselves.