I remember the first time I saw a client who engaged in “cutting,” or what professionals now refer to as self-injurious behavior or SIB. I was working in a university counseling center in the ...

Self-embedding is an extreme form of self-injury, in which people (typically adolescents) insert objects into their body parts to deliberately hurt themselves or mutilate their bodies without ...

Kim Schumer is one of the voices we're hearing through StoryCorps, and her experience is not uncommon. It's estimated that two million Americans practice some form of self-injury, and self-mutilation ...

Discussion of self-injury, eating disorders, and somatization occur in the context of culture. Self-injurious behaviors that occur across cultures can provide insight into the role and meaning of such ...

Burning as self-harm is a form of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). It may be more common among young men. Self-harm, also known as self-injury, is any act of harm to yourself that’s deliberate but ...

If the child you love is hurting so badly they're harming themselves, you probably feel the pain, too. Self-harm - sometimes called self-injury, self-mutilation or self-abuse - happens when people ...

Background Adults with Tourette syndrome (ATS) face increased risks of self-injury behaviours (SIBs) and suicidality, yet research has largely focused on biological factors. Despite stigma being a ...