NEW Resources!

Our team has developed a new set of factsheets and a narrated PowerPoint Presentation on a variety of topics related to self-injury:

• The factsheet What is self-injury? covers a range of topics, from who self-injures, why people to self-injure, factors that contribute to self-injury, to issues of addiction and contagion.
• The factsheet Therapy: Myths and misconceptions explains the truth behind some common misconceptions of therapy.
• The factsheet Therapy: What to expect describes the goals of treatment, first steps in beginning therapy, confidentiality issues, characteristics of individual and family therapy, and more.
• The factsheet Recovering from self-injury describes some common recovery processes and includes tips to make the recovery process easier
• The presentation Recovering from self-injurious behavior covers many of the same topics as in the above factsheet, but presents the information in a visual, narrated PowerPoint format.
• The open source journal article on basic self-injury facts is written especially for clinical providers and interested others.

Please also see our interview with filmmaker Wendy Schneider, creator of the film "CUT: Teens and Self Injury."

Welcome!

Welcome to the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults website. This site is intended to summarize our work and to provide links and resources for information of value in understanding, detecting, treating, and preventing self-injurious behavior (SIB) in adolescents and young adults.

Our project is intended to generate new research and insight into self-injury as well as to translate the growing body of knowledge about self-injury into resources and tools useful for those seeking to better understand and treat it.

We invite you to learn more about our work. Please feel free to contact us if you would like additional information, information about our education and consulting services, or want to participate in our study activities.  The CRPSIB team provides a range of consulting services for youth-serving professionals, school personnel, and medical professionals seeking to understand, intervene, and/or treat self-injury in adolescent and young adult populations.  Please contact Janis Whitlock (jlw43@cornell.edu) for additional information.

Would you like to join our listserv? Send an email to crpsib-l-request@cornell.edu The body of the message should simply be "join". Be sure to send your "join" message from the email address where you want to receive CRPSIB updates.

Resources: Factsheets

Our team has developed a variety of factsheets for general use based on current self-injury research. Current topics include:

•  Top misconceptions about self-injury
• General information on coping
• Alternative coping strategies
• Information about self-injury for parents
• Information about self-injury for friends

Resources: Therapy Presentations

In addition to the factsheets listed above, the research team has developed web-based presentations to introduce several therapies commonly used to treat self-injury:
 

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• Mindfulness-Based Therapies

Additional materials, designed for a more academic audience, have also been developed. These include:

• An annotated bibliography of academic literature regarding coping
• A review of academic literature regarding coping

For additional resources and helpful links please see the RESOURCES section of our website.