Self-Mutilation as a Manifestation of Sexual Abuse in Adolescent Girls

Cavanaugh, Robert M.

doi:10.1016/s1083-3188(01)00151-6

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“…A link between body image issues, including eating disorders, and SI has been reported in literature (Best, 2005;Castille, Prout, Marczyk, Shmidheiser, Yoder, & Howlett, 2007;Cavanaugh, 2002;Favazza & Conterio, 1988;Gardner, 2001;Muehlenkamp, 2007;White et al, 2002;). Muehlenkamp (2007) From a review of the literature related to body image and the case illustration, it is apparent that adolescents with body image issues may exhibit self-injurious behaviors.…”

Section: Body Image Issuesmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Self-injurious behavior is different from suicidal ideation (Applewhite & Joseph, 1994;Carlson et al, 2005;Cavanaugh, 2002;Connors, 2000;McDonald, 2006;Strong, 1998;Walsh, 2006White et al, 2002). Zila and Kiselica (2001, p. 47) present an analysis ofSI as a syndrome and compare SI and suicide.…”

Section: Sf Versus Suicidementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many of these traumatic experiences relate to child abuse and subsequent post traumatic stress Cavanaugh, 2002;Derouin & Bravender, 2004;Gratz & Chapman, 2007;Gratz, Conrad, & Roemer, 2002;Nixon, Cloutier, & Aggarwal, 2002;Polk & Liss, 2007;Strong, 1998;Suyemoto & MacDonald, 1995;Swadi, 2004;Tyler et al, 2003;Walsh, 2006;White et al, 2002; ). Sexual abuse is one of the most significant forms of child abuse to influence self-injurious behavior (Strong, 1998).…”

Section: Childhood Trauma and Post Traumatic Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• Divorced parents, incarcerated parents, parental alcoholism (Cavanaugh, 2002), or chronic physical or mental illness in the family (Castille et al, 2007), and…”

Section: Disturbed Childhood Attachmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A connection between abuse, particularly sexual abuse, and SI has been documented (Cavanaugh, 2002) and it is thus important to assess current or prior abuse.…”

Section: Past Traumamentioning

confidence: 99%

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A manual of best practice for counsellors working with adolescents who self-injure

Polysou¹

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Self-injury (SI) is the intentional harm of oneself in order to manage emotions and provide relief from unbearable stress. Methods of self-injury include cutting, burning, hitting, and hair pulling. Many counsellors are working with adolescent self-injurers but are struggling with how best to provide therapy. The role of counsellors may vary, depending on whether they are school or community-based. This project presents a manual focusing on adolescent self-injurers and their psychotherapeutic treatment. The manual presents and interprets information that is difficult for practicing counsellors to access into a succinct document.Topics addressed are the nature of adolescent self-injuring behavior, risk factors associated with SI, strategies for working with self-injurers within the public school system, assessment of the adolescent self-injuring client, and therapeutic treatment. Working with adolescent self-injurers is a challenging undertaking and this manual offers information and strategies to aid the counsellor in providing appropriate client care.

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Section: Body Image Issuesmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Sf Versus Suicidementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Childhood Trauma and Post Traumatic Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• Divorced parents, incarcerated parents, parental alcoholism (Cavanaugh, 2002), or chronic physical or mental illness in the family (Castille et al, 2007), and…”

Section: Disturbed Childhood Attachmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A connection between abuse, particularly sexual abuse, and SI has been documented (Cavanaugh, 2002) and it is thus important to assess current or prior abuse.…”

Section: Past Traumamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Self‐injury: A research review for the practitioner

2007

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Non-suicidal self-injury is the intentional destruction of body tissue without suicidal intent and for purposes not socially sanctioned. In this practice-friendly review, the authors summarize the empirical research on who self-injures, why people self-injure, and what treatments have demonstrated effectiveness. Self-injury is more common in adolescents and young adults as compared to adults. Common forms include cutting, severe scratching, burning, and banging or hitting; most individuals who self-injure have used more than one method. Although diagnostically heterogeneous, self-injurers typically exhibit two prominent characteristics: negative emotionality and self-derogation. Self-injury is most often performed to temporarily alleviate intense negative emotions, but may also serve to express self-directed anger or disgust, influence or seek help from others, end periods of dissociation or depersonalization, and help resist suicidal thoughts. Psychotherapies that emphasize emotion regulation, functional assessment, and problem solving appear to be most effective in treating self-injury.

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