Transcripts: Self Injury

• Dateline October 1998, Dateline follows a young college woman who self-injures.



• 20/20 February 1998, a segment which attempts to explain self-injury.



• On Thin Ice February 2000, partial transcript of a special which highlighted some of the problems associated with ice skaters.

Books: Self Injury

• The Scarred Soul : Understanding & Ending Self-Inflicted Violence by Tracy Alderman
  An excellent book with writing exercises to help self-injurers understand themselves. This would be a good book to go through with the help of a therapist, since the activities bring up a lot of intense emotions.



• Cutting : Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation by Steven Levenkron
  An "okay" book. Levenkron emphasizes the importance of a strong support system, which not everyone has access to. This book has some good stories to tell in the form of case reports, which self-injurers will be able to relate to. However, it might be frustrating to read for the self-injurer who does not have a caring therapist like Levenkron makes himself out to be.



• A Bright Red Scream : Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain by Marilee Strong
  Written by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, this book provides a very good discussion of self-harm. This book is recommended to anyone who wishes to know more about self-injury and the issues surrounding it.



• Healing the Hurt Within : Understand and Relieve the Suffering Behind Self-Destructive Behaviour
  Have not read this one yet, but it looks interesting and all the reviews say this is a book to have.

Links, off-site: Self Injury

• Secret Shame The oldest and largest informational site.



• S.I.A.R.I. [Self-injury & Related Issues] This is a research based site, with extensive input from self-injurers. Plenty of good information here.



• Self-Inflicted Violence: Helping Those Who Hurt Themselves A great article by Tracy Alderman (The Scarred Soul, above), aimed at those who care about a friend who self-harms.



• Shattered Innocents, SI Links A more extensive list of reviewed links.