Life After Self-Harm
Life After Self-Harm
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Author(s): Schmidt, Ulrike
ISBN No.: 9780203505229
Pages: 120
Year: 200403
Format: E-Book
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In many countries there has been an alarming increase in rates of suicide and self-harm, yet the stigma attached to these difficulties often leads to sub-optimal care. Life After Self-Harm: A Guide to the Future is written for individuals who have deliberately harmed themselves. Developed through a major research project the contents of the manual have been informed and shaped by many users and expert professionals. Illustrated with multiple case-histories, it teaches users important skills:* for understanding and evaluating self-harm* for keeping safe in crisis* for dealing with seemingly insolvable problems* for developing coping strategies* for re-connecting with life.Health workers who regularly come into contact with individuals who have self-harmed will find the wealth of practical advice in this book extremely valuable for recommendation to patients either as a self-help book, or in the context of brief therapy.


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