The Surge in Teen Self Injury
Self injury has become a disturbing phenomenon that is representing a real and present danger, especially amongst adolescents. Each year, 1 in 5 females and 1 in 7 males engage in self injury, with 90...
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Mentall Illness in Teens
Being a parent can potentially restrict your acceptance of your child’s illness. Knowing the signs to illness’s like eating disorders, anxiety, autism, ADHD, can help you notice them and get...
View ArticleDBT Teen Self Injury Treatment
As mental health specialists reveal they are increasingly encountering young patients, including children, who cut, punch, burn, and find other ways to hurt themselves in a desperate attempt to cope...
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Adolescent Self Injury Treatment, Protection Against Depression and Suicide
Suicide is the third-leading cause of death for teens between 15 and 24 years of age in the United States, and the rates continue to sky-rocket. People from cultures with different values and health...
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Teen Self Harm Treatment for Depression and Suicide
In teenagers, the most frequently diagnosed mood disorders are major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, and bipolar disorder. Because mood disorders, such as depression, substantially increases...
View ArticleTeen Self Injury & Cutting
Teens often find themselves having to face incredible biological, social, and psychological pressures; thus, many cannot recognize, nor have access to, the tools necessary in helping them deal with...
View ArticleTeens Cutting Themselves – A “Coping Mechanism”
When you hear of teens cutting themselves you could be shocked at first. Yet, the reason behind why teens do this might make sense once you learn more about the anxiety that accompanies adolescence and...
View ArticleSuicidal and Self-Harming Teen Kills Close Friend
There are intense psychological and emotional pressures for teens. Of course, the primary psychological task for teens is a search for their identity, and this involves social interaction, friendships,...
View ArticleTeen Self Injury Treatment: Addressing the Endorphin Effect
As sad as it might sound, self injury can at times become a trend among teens. If a teen finds out that her friends are doing it, the clandestine quality to cutting might make it attractive to young...
View ArticleTeen Self Injury Treatment: From Self Harm to Self Love
In recent years, a common pattern among teens has been to inflict injury upon themselves. Recent studies have found that one third to one half of adolescents have engaged in some kind of non-suicidal...
View ArticleTeen Self Injury: Life Gradually Getting Worse for One Teen Led to Cutting...
It’s easy for teen self injury and cutting to become an addictive habit. The truth is it can feel good. It can take the away the pain. It can relieve emotional pressure that seems to build up when...
View ArticleTeen Self Injury Treatment: One in Ten 16-Year Olds Engage in Self Harm
An international study done in May of 2014 indicates that one in ten students will engage in self harm. The Young Life and Times survey, which records the attitudes of young people on a range of social...
View ArticleSkylar’s Story of Teen Self-Injury and Treatment
When Skylar’s mother walked into her daughter’s room, her eyes flashed at the blood running down her daughter’s wrists. There was a large gash that ran up and down the middle of her forearm. She...
View ArticleJohn Legend’s “You and I”
John Legend’s video “You and I” is an ode to the unique beauty of every woman. “The video delivers a compelling message of acceptance, beauty and self love through various women looking in the mirror...
View ArticleWhy Teens Hurt Themselves Through Cutting and Self-Injury
When Angel was struggling in junior high, she was slowly deteriorating and declining into a depression. At the age of 14, her stepfather passed away and that was the last straw that broke her sense of...
View ArticleNon-Suicidal Self-Injury is Also Known Among Teens as Cutting
There are a variety of reasons why a teen might engage in self-harming behavior. Professionals in the healthcare field, such as doctors and psychologists, refer to cutting as Non-Suicidal Self-Injury...
View ArticleHelp for the Parents of Self-Harming Teens
The University of Oxford and healthtalk.org have put together a resource to help parents of self-harming teens. The website will include “information to help them to cope with their child’s problems”...
View ArticleIf You’re a Teen Who Cuts You’re Not Alone
One of the misconceptions about cutting and adolescence is that they must go hand in hand. Many people believe that because the teenage years are turbulent teens will exhibit risky behavior and then...
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Self Injury is Not an Attempt to Commit Suicide
Self harming behavior is an experience that many teens can participate in for a variety of reasons. Although self harming behavior, also known as self injurious behavior, can be done by anyone at...
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Parents: Try to Understand Teens Who Self Harm Not Punish Them
If you’re a parent and you find out that your teen is scratching, scraping, poking, burning, or cutting themselves, you’re probably terrified. Out of fear, you might demand your teen to stop or you...
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