List of Resources and Bibliography

WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SELF INJURE

ORGANISATIONS

• The Basement Project
  (Bristol & South Wales)
  PO Box 5, Abergavenny, NP7 5XW. Tel: 01873 856524
  email: basement.project@virgin.net
  For people who have suffered abuse or self injure and those who work with them.
  Produce a number of useful publications.
• MIND
  Granta House, 15-19 Broadway, London, E15 4BQ
  Leading Mental Health charity in England and Wales.
  Information line: 0345 660 163. Booklet: Understanding Self-harm.
• Bristol Crisis Service for Women
  PO Box 654, Bristol, BS99 1XH. Tel: 0117 925 1119
  Helpline, research and publications on self injury. Training pack available. Hold details of other projects and groups around the UK with a focus on self injury. Helpful booklets available include: Understanding self injury; Self help for self injury; For Friends and Family.
• National Self-harm Network
  PO Box 16190, London, NW1 3WW.
  Campaigning group for people who self harm/self injure. Developing guidelines for good practice in services for people who self injure. Meetings, information and literature including 'The Hurt Yourself Less Workbook' Also produce a comprehensive resource list.
• SHOUT
  c/o PO Box 654, Bristol, BS99 1XH
  Bi-monthly newsletter for women who self-harm, and supporters.
  Young People and Self -harm Information Resource
  An excellent website with lots of useful links to other sites
  website: http://www.ncb.org.uk/selfharm
• 42ND Street
  2nd Floor, Swan Buildings, 20 Swan street, Manchester, M4 5JW
  Mental health service for young people aged 15 -25

ARTICLES

• The Association for Professionals in Service for Adolescents. Rapport: Self Harm:
  Conference special report. December 1999 Volume 6 Issue 3
• Cross, L. (1993) Body and Self in Feminine Development:
  Implications for eating disorders and delicate self-mutilation. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 57, 1.
• Feldman, Marc D (1988) The Challenge of Self Mutilation
  A review. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 29, 3, 252-269
• Frances, A (1987) The Borderline Self-mutilator:
  Introduction. Journal of Personality Disorders, 1:316.
• Shapiro, S. (1987) Self-mutilation and Self-blame in Incest Victims.
  American Journal of Psychotherapy, XLI (1), 46-54
• Tantam, D & Whittaker, J. (1992) Personality Disorder and Self-wounding
  British Journal of Psychiatry, 161, 451-464
• Van der Kolk, B., Perry, C & Herman, J. (1991) Childhood Origins of Self-destructive Behaviour
  American Journal of Psychiatry, 148(12), 1665-1671
• Wise, M. (1989) Adult Self-injury as a Survival Response in Victim-Survivors of Childhood Abuse
  Journal of Chemical Dependency Treatment, 3(1), 185-201.

BOOKS

• Babiker, G. & Arnold, L. (1997) The Language of Injury ( British Psychological Society)
  Comprehending Self-mutilation. Leicester
• Ross, R R. & McKay, H B. (1979) Self-mutilation ( Lexington Books)
• Spandler, Helen. Who's Hurting Who? Manchester (42nd Street.)
• Favazza, Armando R. (1987) Bodies Under Siege (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins)
  
• Harrison, D. (1996) Vicious Circles (London: Good Practices in Mental Health)
• Williams, Mark. (1997) Cry of Pain: Understanding Suicide and Self-harm (London: Penguin.)
• Pembroke, Louise (Ed.). (1994) Self-harm (London: Survivors Speak Out.)
  Perspectives from Personal Experience
• Dace, Eleanor et al. (1998) ´The Hurt Yourself Less' (London: The National Self-harm Network)
  Workbook.
• Clarke, Alicia. (1999) Coping with Self-Mutilation (New York. Rosen)
  A helping book for teens who hurt themselves
• Miller, Dusty. (1994) Women Who Hurt Themselves: (New York: Basic Books)
  A Book of Hope and Understanding
• Walsh, Barent W. & Rosen, Paul M. (1988) Self-mutilation: (New York: Guilford Press)
  Self-mutilation: Theory, research and Treatment.
• Strong, Marilee. (1998) A Bright Red Scream (New York: Viking.)
  Self-mutilation and the Language of Pain
• Burstow, Bonnie. (1992) Radical Feminist Therapy (Newbury Park: Sage.)
  Chapter 10, Self-mutilation
• Sutton, Jan. (1999) Healing the Hurt Within (Oxford: How to Books)
  Understand and Relieve the Suffering Behind Self-destructive Behaviour

PUBLICATIONS

Bristol Crisis Service for Women publications

Arnold, L (1994) Understanding Self-injury
Self-help for self-injury and For friends and Family.

Lindsay, H (1995) Needing Attention
An evaluation of services for women who self-injure.

Arnold, L (1995) Cutting Out the Pain
Proceedings of National Conference on Self-injury

Parker, K & Lindsay, H. (1996) Self-injury self-help and support groups.


Bristol Crisis Service for Women publications:

Arnold, L. (1995) Women and Self-injury
A survey of 76 Women.

The Basement Project Publications

Arnold, L. & Magill, A. (1997) What's the Harm
A Book for Young People Who Self-harm or Self-injure

Arnold, L. & Magill, A. (1998) The Self-harm Help Book


Arnold, L. & Magill, A. (1996) Working with Self-injury
A Practical Guide

Arnold, L. & Magill, A. (1998) Hurting Inside
A Book for Young People.

Arnold, L. & Magill, A. (2000) Making Sense of Self-harm.


Arnold, L. & Magill, A. (1999) Lifting The Lid
A Practical Guide to Working With People Abused in Childhood