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Independent on Sunday Preview LifeSIGNS’ Research You may have seen LifeSIGNS on page 29 of today’s Independent on Sunday, and you can read the article online too, see ‘Why teenagers resort to self harm‘. The article briefly introduces the idea of self-harm as a coping mechanism, and discusses some ideas found in our major questionnaire […]

Star Magazine I have just had an email and phone interview with a journalist from Star Magazine [USA]; we can never be sure what will get published, or even if anything will, but let’s hope it’s a sensitive piece, and not a sensational one. Back to LifeSIGNS Self Injury Guidance & Network Support

Celebrity Self Injury Tommorrow, you’re going to read that an actress has been ‘seen with scars’ on her wrist, with the arguement that she has ‘always covered her arms’ in the past. I don’t think it’s accurate to say that she’s ‘covered up’ in the past, and I don’t have any facts or even an […]

Star Magazine I have just had an email and phone interview with a journalist from Star Magazine [USA]; we can never be sure what will get published, or even if anything will, but let’s hope it’s a sensitive piece, and not a sensational one. Back to LifeSIGNS Self Injury Guidance & Network Support

Celebrity Self Injury Tommorrow, you’re going to read that an actress has been ‘seen with scars’ on her wrist, with the arguement that she has ‘always covered her arms’ in the past. I don’t think it’s accurate to say that she’s ‘covered up’ in the past, and I don’t have any facts or even an […]

Craig & LifeSIGNS on BBC Radio Essex Thursday 16th Nov; 10:10am Craig, a member of LifeSIGNS and a Message Board user, will be featured on BBC Radio Essex and will discuss his own experiences of self-injury frankly and openly. With any luck, LifeSIGNS may also get a mention! We’d like to thank Craig for volunteering […]

Craig & LifeSIGNS on BBC Radio Essex Thursday 16th Nov; 10:10am Craig, a member of LifeSIGNS and a Message Board user, will be featured on BBC Radio Essex and will discuss his own experiences of self-injury frankly and openly. With any luck, LifeSIGNS may also get a mention! We’d like to thank Craig for volunteering […]

Belfast self-harm news: It’s really positive to see that more regional projects are being set up specifically to look at self-injury/self-harm :o) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6145530.stm

Belfast self-harm news: It’s really positive to see that more regional projects are being set up specifically to look at self-injury/self-harm :o) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6145530.stm

Self-injury and People with Learning Difficulties This research is being conducted by a partnership between Bristol Crisis Service for Women and the Norah Fry Research Centre at the University of Bristol. The research is funded by the Big Lottery, and has full NHS Research Ethics Approval. The purpose of the research is three-fold: 1.To find […]

Self-injury and People with Learning Difficulties This research is being conducted by a partnership between Bristol Crisis Service for Women and the Norah Fry Research Centre at the University of Bristol. The research is funded by the Big Lottery, and has full NHS Research Ethics Approval. The purpose of the research is three-fold: 1.To find […]

Student Doctors Get Trained As one of the Trainers for LifeSIGNS, I get to roam around the country delivering Self Injury Awareness Training to anyone who’ll accept it! It’s great to be able to work so closely with the NHS so often, and today I was in front of a class of student doctors at […]