ROCKAWAY, New Jersey (WABC) -- The last time Vicki Duffy hurt herself was 11 years ago - now, she runs 'Launching Point,' where a whole group shares and listens. People heal and start over, after ...
Young women who engage in non-suicidal self-injury demonstrate significantly different brain activity when receiving positive ...
Self-injury remains a stigmatized topic, even amongst some mental health professionals (e.g., Andersson, 2024). It can be viewed as “manipulative” or simply attention-seeking (Tien Shan, 2024). It can ...
A meta-analysis of 38 studies found that nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is twice as prevalent in female teenagers as it is in men in North America and Europe but not in Asia. The study, led by Fiona ...
When you hear "self-injury," what do you think of? As a self-harm researcher and expert in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), I've heard people say a lot of inaccurate things about self-injury.