The Self Injury Foundation

11/17/2019

"Healing Self-Injury," a new book written by Drs. Janis Whitlock and Elizabeth Lloyd-Richardson, will be available for purchase February 4th, wherever books are sold!

07/29/2019

Very helpful!

05/15/2019

01/31/2019

"Here’s what I want you (and anybody else who sees my cuts) to know."

01/19/2019

Come one and all to this beneficial event to be held in St. Louis at Lindbergh Highschool.

Many interesting topics regarding raising healthier youth will be presented and our very own Michelle Seliner will be speaking at this event!!

*note: you do not have to be a parent of a Lindbergh child to attend

01/04/2019

What would you add???

What would you add?

01/01/2019

12/31/2018

Good read! Great books mentioned!!! What do you think of the article?

the thin red line**Jennifer Egan article on self-mutilation as the latest expression of adolescent angst; focuses on experience of 16-year-old Jill McArdle; photos (L)

12/27/2018

“I could have heard a pin drop. All was silent. I was frozen. I held back my tears and replied with all I could muster, ‘I understand.’”

08/28/2018

"When medical professionals don’t take someone who self-harms seriously, it only makes things worse."

07/29/2018

Contrary to the common belief you shouldn't talk about su***de because it plants the idea, asking someone if they plan to harm themselves can help.

07/06/2018

New research published in this month’s American Journal of Public Health using data from the 2015 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System shows that 17.6% of U.S. high schoolers report having engaged in NSSI at least once in the preceding 12 months, including just over 1 in 10 males & nearly 1 in 4 females. These high, steady rates suggest NSSI may be considered an adolescent public health problem.

Read the full paper here: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304470