Life After Self-Harm
A Guide to the Future
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Self Help, Mental Health, Abuse, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Ulrike Schmidt, Kate Davidson | ISBN: | 9781135446826 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | April 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ulrike Schmidt, Kate Davidson |
| ISBN: | 9781135446826 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | April 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
In many countries there has been an alarming increase in rates of suicide and self-harm, yet the stigma attached to these difficulties often leads to sub-optimal care.
Life After Self-Harm: A Guide to the Future is written for individuals who have deliberately harmed themselves. Developed through a major research project the contents of the manual have been informed and shaped by many users and expert professionals. Illustrated with multiple case-histories, it teaches users important skills:
- for understanding and evaluating self-harm
- for keeping safe in crisis
- for dealing with seemingly insolvable problems
- for developing coping strategies
- for re-connecting with life.
Health workers who regularly come into contact with individuals who have self-harmed will find the wealth of practical advice in this book extremely valuable for recommendation to patients either as a self-help book, or in the context of brief therapy.
In many countries there has been an alarming increase in rates of suicide and self-harm, yet the stigma attached to these difficulties often leads to sub-optimal care.
Life After Self-Harm: A Guide to the Future is written for individuals who have deliberately harmed themselves. Developed through a major research project the contents of the manual have been informed and shaped by many users and expert professionals. Illustrated with multiple case-histories, it teaches users important skills:
- for understanding and evaluating self-harm
- for keeping safe in crisis
- for dealing with seemingly insolvable problems
- for developing coping strategies
- for re-connecting with life.
Health workers who regularly come into contact with individuals who have self-harmed will find the wealth of practical advice in this book extremely valuable for recommendation to patients either as a self-help book, or in the context of brief therapy.
