Hi all, please read the press release for the 2007 LifeSIGNS booklet. Pass this message on to anyone and everyone you know, and hopefully we will be bombarded with pre-orders! This really is a very important time for LifeSIGNS!

LifeSIGNS Charity Issues the Self Injury Awareness Booklet Free Booklet in time for Self Injury Awareness Day, 1st March

LifeSIGNS, a prominent user-led charity that raises awareness about self-injury, has published their 2007 Self Injury Awareness Booklet, and is also making it available for free download. The LifeSIGNS booklet is written by the Directors of LifeSIGNS who have personal experience of self-injury. This third edition has been revised and expanded to consider self-injury from a personal and professional point of view, and addresses issues about self-help, self-injury in schools, and how parents and healthcare workers can help someone who self-injures. People who self-injure will recognise the frank material in this booklet, and carers and friends will discover more about how to approach self-injury.

“First published in 2004, the SIA booklet has become a central part of LifeSIGNS,” said Mary, a Trustee of LifeSIGNS, “The new version builds upon these excellent foundations to create a publication which is an essential read for all those affected by self-injury.
“We hope that many people will wish to get a hard copy, I strongly believe that there should be a copy in every university and school library, every counselling facility, and on the bookshelf of every healthcare professional!”

The Self Injury Awareness Booklet has a foreword by eminent author, Barent Walsh, PhD. LifeSIGNS can be found at www.lifesigns.org.uk and has a vibrant website for people who hurt themselves, and health care practitioners. The Self Injury Awareness Booklet is available from: http://www.selfharm.org/publications/sia/index.html and can be downloaded or purchased in hard copy for £5. Please note, it can’t be downloaded until 1st March