By Their Own Young Hand

Teachers and others in pastoral roles - tutors, SENCOs, counsellors, school nurses - and allied professions that interface with schools - EWOs, educational psychologists and staff in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), etc- should be alerted to the existance of this particular book. This is a very valuable book, strongly supported by empirical research. -- Pastoral Care in Education
This excellent British book examines deliberate self-harm in adolescents...A very useful book providing good backgroud knowledge for all ED staff into the nature of adolescent self-harm. -- The Emergency Nursing
This book is a useful tool for those who are beginning to work with young people and for schools and primary care workers who may have limited understanding of self-harm and how to intervene. -- Children, Young People and Families
With the alarming rise in deliberate self-harm among young people, especially girls, there is a need for greater understanding of this important issue. Here is a book that provides this, with a comprehensive overview of the nature and the extent of deliberate self-harm in adolescents… The very practical recommendations and the guidelines provided in the appendices give useful pointers towards identifying vulnerable young people early on, and helping them address their problems before self-harming behaviours become very firmly entrenched patterns of coping. This is an invaluable resource for anyone working with young people, and specifically for teachers, social workers, mental health professionals, policy makers and researchers with an interest in this age group. -- Mental Health Today