Resources Directly Related to Self-Injury

 

Self-Injury: Psychotherapy with People Who Engage in Self-Inflicted Violence, by Robin Connors, Ph.D.  (Jason Aronson, Northvale, NJ , 2000). Available from Sidran ]

 

The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted Violence, by Tracy Alderman, Ph.D. (New Harbinger Publications, 1997). Available from Sidran ]

 

Understanding Self-Injury: A Workbook for Adults, by Kristy Trautmann and Robin Connors (Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, 1994).Available from Sidran ]

 

between the lines: a documentary about cutting, Black & white film, 16mm, 21 minutes Fanlight Productions, 47 Halifax St., Boston, MA 02130-4327; 800-937-4113; fanlight@fanlight.com

 

“The Voice on the Skin: Self-Mutilation and Merleau-Ponty’s Theory of Language,” by Janice McLane, Ph.D.  Hypatia, vol.11, no. 4 (Fall1996), pp. 107-18. Available from Indiana University Press.

 

Women Living with Self-Injury, by Jane Wegscheider Hyman (Temple University Press, 1999).

 

 

 

General Resources

Understanding and Responding to People in the Criminal Justice System Who Live with Self-Inflicted Violence
By Ruta Mazelis  

On Being Invisible in the Mental Health System,” by Ann Jennings, Ph.D., initially published in the Journal of Mental Health Administration, 1994, vol. 21, pp. 374-87.

 

Beyond Bedlam: Contemporary Women Psychiatric Survivors Speak Out,  Edited by Jeanine Grobe.  (Third Side Press, 2250 W. Farragut, Chicago, IL 60625-1802, 1995).

 

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence–From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, by Judith Herman, M.D. (Running Press, 1992).

 

Beyond Conflict: From Self-help and Psychotherapy to Peacemaking, by Peter R. Breggin, M.D.  (St. Martin’s Press, NY, 1992).