Abstracts for self-injury (4-5-10)

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CUTTING EDGE
Amy Carr. Listen. Hagerstown: Nov 2006. Vol. 60, Iss. 3; pg. 12, 2 pgs

Abstract (Summary)
Britt had sliced herself with a safety pin, leaving a trail of thin, symmetrical cuts from her wrist to her elbow. Some even describe it as a calming experience, an escape from a chaotic emotional state linked with feelings of depression, anger, hopelessness, and anxiety. Psychologist Dr. Tony DuBose, director of Seattle's Dialectical Behavior Therapy Center, has helped pioneer advanced treatment techniques for self-injury.

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Are We Facing an Epidemic of Self-Injury?
JOAN JACOBS BRUMBERG. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Washington: Dec 8, 2006. Vol. 53, Iss. 16; pg. B.6

Abstract (Summary)
Brumberg discusses the possibility of an epidemic of self-injury among college students. Whether cutting behavior begins in high school or college, whether it involves girls or boys, it should provoke parents, mental-health professionals, and educators to consider the ways in which this longstanding symptom mirrors the violent, troubled times.


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Skin Deep: Understanding Self-Injury
Jeff Dick. The Booklist. Chicago: Nov 15, 2001. Vol. 98, Iss. 6; pg. 588, 1 pgs

Abstract (Summary)
Gr. 7-12. Reputedly as prevalent as anorexia nervosa but less publicized, self-mutilation involves cutting or burning skin, pulling out hair, banging against a wall, or other destructive behavior.


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Fire and Blood
Michele Deppe. Listen. Hagerstown: Jan 2005. Vol. 58, Iss. 5; pg. 28, 2 pgs

Abstract (Summary)
Deppe relates how he coped up with the death of his brother, Hunter, through self-injury. After his brother's death, he had this idea that Hunter burned up, so he needed to know what that felt like. That is how he started drinking and cutting himself to let off steam.

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Self-Mutilation and Gifted Children
Tracy L Cross. Gifted Child Today. Waco: Summer 2007. Vol. 30, Iss. 3; pg. 49, 4 pgs

Abstract (Summary)
Some motorcycle riders wear a "one percent" tattoo, revealing their full membership in an exclusive group - the 1% of motorcyclists whose lives are very much about motorcycles (authentic bikers) - but also demonstrating a separateness from everyone outside their group. A wide range of estimates of the prevalence rates of cutting behavior in the general population has been offered, from less than 5% to approximately 20%, but the broader category of rates of self-injury among American college students revealed a 32% rate (Vanderhoff & Lynn, 2001).


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HIV/AIDS Risk Factors; Research on HIV/AIDS risk factors discussed by scientists at Rhode Island Hospital
Anonymous. AIDS Weekly. Atlanta: Jul 28, 2008. pg. 85

Abstract (Summary)
The present study aimed to test the hypothesis that adolescents who repeatedly self-cut would report more HIV risk behaviors and riskier attitudes than those who had engaged in infrequent self-injury. Adolescents (11-18 years; mean age, 15 years) from intensive psychiatric treatment programs with a history of self-cutting (N=105, 53% female) completed measures of self-cutting, sexual risk behaviors, and risk attitudes. Frequent self-cutting (more than three times, lifetime) was associated with being sexually active, using condoms inconsistently, and sharing cutting instruments. Frequent self-cutters were significantly more likely to be female and nonwhite, and report low self-restraint. They also showed a trend toward being more likely to have a history of sexual abuse. This study found important differences in self-cutters based on frequency of cutting.

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"It Was like a Partnership of the Two of Us Against the Cutting": Investigating the Counseling Experiences of Young Adult Women Who Self-Injure
Laurie M Craigen, Victoria Foster. Journal of Mental Health Counseling. Alexandria: Jan 2009. Vol. 31, Iss. 1; pg. 76, 19 pgs

Abstract (Summary)
Self-injury is an increasing phenomenon among young adult women. This qualitative study explored the counseling experiences of 10 young adult women with a history of self-injurious behavior. It examined the nature of the client-counselor relationship and how self-injury was treated. It also accessed the participants' thoughts and feelings about their experiences in counseling. Implications for training and treatment are set out, as are recommendations for research. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]


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Characteristics and functions of non-suicidal self-injury in a community sample of adolescents
Elizabeth E Lloyd-Richardson, Nicholas Perrine, Lisa Dierker, Mary L Kelley. Psychological Medicine. Cambridge: Aug 2007. Vol. 37, Iss. 8; pg. 1183, 10 pgs

Abstract (Summary)
ABSTRACT

Background

Few studies have investigated non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), or the deliberate, direct destruction of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent, and the motivations for engaging in NSSI among adolescents. This study assessed the prevalence, associated clinical characteristics, and functions of NSSI in a community sample of adolescents.

Method

A total of 633 adolescents completed anonymous surveys. NSSI was assessed with the Functional Assessment of Self-Mutilation (FASM).

Results

Some form of NSSI was endorsed by 46·5% ( n =293) of the adolescents within the past year, most frequently biting self, cutting/carving skin, hitting self on purpose, and burning skin. Sixty per cent of these, or 28% of the overall sample, endorsed moderate/severe forms of NSSI. Self-injurers reported an average of 12·9 (s.d. =29·4) incidents in the past 12 months, with an average of 2·4 (s.d. =1·7) types of NSSI used. Moderate/severe self-injurers were more likely than minor self-injurers, who in turn were more likely than non-injurers, to have a history of psychiatric treatment, hospitalization and suicide attempt, as well as current suicide ideation. A four-factor model of NSSI functions was indicated, with self-injurers likely to endorse both reasons of automatic reinforcement and social reinforcement. The most common reasons for NSSI were 'to try to get a reaction from someone', 'to get control of a situation', and 'to stop bad feelings'.

Conclusions

Community adolescents reported high rates of NSSI, engaged in to influence behaviors of others and to manage internal emotions. Intervention efforts should be tailored to reducing individual issues that contribute to NSSI and building alternative skills for positive coping, communication, stress management, and strong social support

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Stopping the Pain: Teenage Self-Injury
Abby Alpert. The Booklist. Chicago: Dec 15, 2009. Vol. 106, Iss. 8; pg. 49, 1 pgs

Abstract (Summary)
Acts of self-injury (cutting, burning, head banging) are increasingly common among teens, yet this touchy topic has not generated much public dialogue.

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Lifespan; Frequent self-cutting linked to risky sexual behavior in teens
Anonymous. NewsRx Health & Science. Atlanta: Jun 23, 2008. pg. 353

Abstract (Summary)
The associations between frequent cutting, sexual risk and low self-restraint provide clues to the forces that underlie this repeated behavior and point us in the right direction for future research to better understand this troubling and self-destructive phenomenon, adds Brown, who's also a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.