Assessment and Treatment of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

<p><em>Assessment and Treatment of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: A Clinical Perspective</em> is the ideal primer for anyone who works with people who self-injure. Profiling who is affected as well as what their behaviour includes the book explores the range of factors behind why people self-injure from the influence of social media to the need for self-regulation and offers recommendations for both assessment and outpatient treatment.</p><p>Throughout the book is permeated by profound respect for those who use self-injury in an attempt to live a good life while conveying a deep understanding of the challenges that self-injury presents for family members and treatment professionals. It recognizes that the behaviour can spread in hospital wards or other institutional setting introducing the concept of <i>self-injury by proxy</i> and assesses the range of therapies available including CBT MBT ERGT and family therapy. Each chapter is complemented by clinical vignettes.</p><p>In an era when a great number of professionals will come into contact with someone who self-injures – including teachers social workers and nurses as well as therapists – <i>The Assessment and Treatment of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury </i>is an invaluable resource that examines both the causes and the treatments available.</p>