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"Addresses what self-harm is, who is particularly vulnerable, and how it is treated. The role of friends and family is explored as well as doctors and medical and mental health professionals. Information on other coexisting conditions, such as substance abuse and childhood abuse and neglect, help readers get a true picture of why people cut themselves. Advice for how to cope with strong emotions and stories adapted from survivors explore the range...
5) Cutter boy
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Travis' secret habit of cutting himself with a razor blade has him wondering how he can get close to his new friend Chyvonne without making himself too vulerable, but spending time with her might help him discover a better way to get an adrenaline rush.
9) Willow
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Sixteen-year-old Willow, who was driving the car that killed both of her parents, copes with the pain and guilt by cutting herself, until she meets a smart and sensitive boy who is determined to help her stop.
11) Bad blood
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Spending her summer vacation with her aunt, who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, sixteen-year-old Heather MacNair is haunted by dreams and compelled to cut herself until she discovers a family secret and a past full of magic that could both save her and put her in mortal danger.
12) Bleed like me
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Two emotionally scarred teenagers enter into a passionate, dangerous romance.
14) Blood wounds
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Willa seems to have a perfect life as a member of a loving blended family until the estranged father she barely remembers murders his wife and children, then heads toward Willa and her mother.
16) Self-injury
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Self-injurers come from all walks of life and all economic brackets. Their ages typically range from early teen to early 60s, although they may be older or younger. This book informs the reader of the causes, risks, recovery of self-injury. It also covers the prevention of repetitive self-injury.
17) Clear cut
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A novel in verse, composed to help teenagers struggling with self-harm. Heather Wright is said to be always right--but she doesn't feel always right. To deal with her difficult emotions, she starts cutting herself, and before long it turns into a dangerous addiction. Then, at summer theater camp, Heather meets tough, sassy Josie, a cutting advocate. Heather looks up to Josie, until Josie's own darkness comes through and threatens to cover them both....
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Like most addictions, this one starts as a way of coping with emotional pain. But cutting-the habit of self-injury on the rise among teenagers, especially girls-is a sign of deep-seated anxiety and self-hatred that no one can cope with alone. This video examines the distressing, ritualized behavior and explores how parents, friends, guidance counselors, and those who cut themselves can work together to stop it. The program goes inside a support group...
19) Rage
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Sixteen-year-old Missy copes with being an outcast at school and stress at home by cutting herself with a razor blade, until Death chooses her as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, War, and offers her a new blade.
20) Scars
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Fifteen-year-old Kendra, a budding artist, has not felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, especially since she cannot remember her abuser's identity, and she copes with the pressure by cutting herself.