Resources

Resources from CRPSIB

Click here for a factsheet on the TOP MISCONCEPTIONS regarding self-injury. (Cliquer ici pour les versions en français.)
Click here for general information on COPING.
Click here for ALTERNATIVE COPING STRATEGIES. (Cliquer ici pour les versions en français.)
Click here for a review of academic literature regarding coping.
Click here for a factsheet just for PARENTS. (Cliquer ici pour les versions en français)
Click here for a factsheet just for FRIENDS. (Cliquer ici pour les versions en français)
Click here for a presentation introducing COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY.
Click here for a presentation introducing DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY.
Click here for a presentation introducing MINDFULNESS-BASED THERAPIES.

Looking for a Consultant?

We do provide a range of consulting services for youth-serving professionals, school personnel, and medical professionals related to education (self-injurious behavior (SIB) epidemiology, risk and protective factors, comorbidity, and treatment) as well detection, intervention, and treatment basics. For more information, please contact the project director at Janis Whitlock at jlw43@cornell.edu.

Readings

Alderman, T. (2000). Helping those who hurt themselves. The Prevention Researcher, 7(4), 5-8.
Derouin, A., & Bravender, T. (2004). Living on the edge: The current phenomenon of self-mutilation in adolescents. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 29(1), 12-18.
Hollander, M. (2008). Helping teens who cut: Understanding and ending self-injury. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Kingsonbloom, J., Conterio,K., & Lader,W. (1998). Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program for Self-Injurers. New York: Hyperion.
Lader, W. (Winter, 2006). A look at the increase in body focused behaviors. Paradigm, 14-18.
Lieberman, R. (March, 2004). Understanding and responding to students who self-mutilate. Principal Leadership Magazine, 4(7). Online publication of the National Association of School Psychologists.
Purington, A., & Whitlock, J. (August, 2004). Research facts and findings: Self-injury fact sheet. ACT for Youth Upstate Center for Excellence. Publication of Cornell University , U of Rochester , and New York State Center for School Safety.
Selekman, M. D. (2006). Working with self-harming adolescents: A collaborative, strengths-based therapy approach. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Selekman, M. D. (2009). The adolescent & young adult self-harming treatment manual: A collaborative strengths-based brief therapy approach. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Walsh, B. W. (2005). Treating self-injury: A practical guide. New York : Guilford Press.
- See also: Some Basic Features of a School Protocol
White, V. E., Trepal-Wollenzier, H., & Nolan, J. M. (2002). College students and self-injury: Intervention strategies for counselors. Journal of College Counseling, 5, 105-113.
White Kress, V. E., Gibson, D. M., Reynolds, C. A. (February, 2004). Adolescents who self-injure: Implications and strategies for school counselors. Professional School Counseling.
Yates, T. M. (2004). The developmental psychopathology of self-injurious behavior: Compensatory regulation in posttraumatic adaptation. Clinical Psychological Review, 24, 35-74.

National and International Web Resources

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is aimed at helping parents and families in understanding emotional, developmental, behavioral and mental disorders affecting children and adolescents.
ASHIC (the American Self-Harm Information Clearinghouse) strives to increase public awareness of the phenomenon of self-inflicted violence and the unique challenges faced by self-injurers and the people who care about them.
HEALMyBody is the first free online social media network focused exclusively on balancing the four dimensions of health to improve well-being. A source for people who have experienced pain in the areas of their physical, emotional, financial or spiritual health and desire to release that pain and share healing through social interaction on HEAL My Body's internet platform. They connect people with friends, tools and resources for those who are seeking to release their pain and join a community of wellness-minded people who work, study and live around them.
The National Mental Health Association has an on-line factsheet about self-injury available here.
The National Self-Harm Network (UK): Young People and Self Harm is a key information resource for young people who self-harm, their friends and families, and for professionals working with them.
SAFE Alternatives® (Self-Abuse Finally Ends) (1-800-366-8288) is a nationally recognized treatment approach, professional network and educational resource base, which is committed to helping achieve an end to self-injurious behavior.
- S.A.F.E. Focus Group is a self injury support group based off of the S.A.F.E. Alternatives Program. For further information, please e-mail S.A.F.E.FocusGroup@Hotmail.com
Self Injurious Behavior: Free satellite broadcast, October 19, 2006. It is widely believed that the number of youth who intentionally injure their bodies by cutting, burning, or engaging in other forms of mutilation has increased in recent years. Join Dr. Janis Whitlock as she summarizes what we know and don't know about self-injury as well as recommendations for detection, intervention, and prevention.
Self-Injury and Related Issues (SIARI) is a free, international internet service of information, resources, and support.
SIARI aims to raise awareness about self-injury, as well as offering hope, support, and enlightenment to those who self-injure, their kith and kin, and those who work alongside people who hurt themselves. The site will be of value to anyone wishing to gain insight into the complex and much-misunderstood phenomenon of self-injury, and the issues that surround it.
So what do I do instead?: A list of suggestions.

Academic Literature of More General Interest

Click here for an annotated bibliography of academic literature regarding coping.
Click here for a review of academic literature regarding coping.

Resources for Secondary School Faculty and Staff

Lieberman, R. (March, 2004). Understanding and responding to students who self-mutilate. Principal Leadership Magazine, 4(7). Online publication of the National Association of School Psychologists.
Walsh, B. W. (2005). Treating self-injury: A practical guide. New York : Guilford Press.
- See also: Some Basic Features of a School Protocol

Other Resources

MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH IN ADOLESCENCE
by Janis Whitlock and Karen Schantz
The new edition of Research fACTs and Findings from ACT for Youth provides a brief introduction to mental health in adolescence with a focus on definition, assessment, and mental health disorders, then offers perspective on the role youth development approaches may play in promoting positive mental health and protecting against mental health disorders.