Death gets attention, self-injury is dismissed
Why does death, and suicide, get such hysterical attention, yet self-injury and the struggle to cope and survive get dismissed?
Why does death, and suicide, get such hysterical attention, yet self-injury and the struggle to cope and survive get dismissed?
We want to tackle the issues and make a video.
Have you moved away from self-injury? Do you want to hide your scars sometimes?
Twitter has selected LifeSIGNS as a ‘Trusted Resource’.
The labels seems to focus on the behaviour, the harm, rather than the person in distress trying to cope.
Our letter has been published in ‘Special Children’ – the magazine for teachers.
Is your family coming to terms with self-injury? Would you be willing to share your story in That’s Life magazine? Christina is writing an article about self-injury, and would ideally like to talk to a mother who found out her child was self-injurying. Christina would be especially interested in talking with sons or daughters who […]
NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) is developing a clinical guideline on the longer-term care of adults, children and young people who self-harm. As part of this process, draft recommendations have been published on the NICE website for public consultation. This new guideline will follow on from the NICE guideline on the short-term […]
Quick news: Jenny and Dorothy, of Mind, did a fantastic job of talking in detail around the subject of self-harm this morning on BBC Radio Shropshire. Jim Hawkins was kind enough to invite our Wedge on to the show as well, via phone. Here are the links you need to listen in: Jim Hawkin’s self-injury […]
A film called ‘Coping’ will be aired on BBC 2, this Thursday 17 March at 04:30 – 05:00am. That’s half past four in the morning, as it’s aimed at schools (who record it for later lessons). It might be available on iPlayer soon after. This series offers case studies of problems relevant to young people; […]
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New TV series looking at therapy wants you to appear.
