Self-Injury Resources and Bibliography

Bristol Crisis Service for Women
PO Box 654, Bristol BS99 1XH
Helpline: 0117 925 1119 Office/Admin: 0117 927 9600
www.users.zetnet.co.uk/bcsw/

Helpline, information, series of booklets and other publications, self-help Journal for young people, training pack and training. Also has a list of self-harm self-help groups around the country. Contact Bristol Crisis Service for Women for a full publications list.

Video

Visible memories
Available from Mind in Croydon
020 8668 2210
www.mindincroydon.org.uk
People who self-injure describe their experiences and approaches they find helpful or unhelpfu

Young People

What's the harm?
Booklet available from The Basement Project, PO Box 5, Abergavenny, NP7 5XW, 01873 856 524

The Rainbow Journal
For young people who self-injure. Produced by Bristol Crisis Service for Women. See above for contact details.

Self-Inflicted Violence
Issues, volume 77, 2004. Series editors: Craig Donnellan, Claire Boyd, Independence, Cambridge.

Who's Hurting Who?
Helen Spandler, 1996, available from 42nd Street, 2nd Floor, Swan Buildings, 20 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5JW 0161 832 0169
theteam@fortysecondstreet.org.uk

Worried about self-injury?
Booklet available from Young Minds, 102-108 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5SA 0207 336 844
www.youngminds.org.uk

Books

The Scarred Soul. Understanding and Ending Self-inflicted Violence Tracey Alderman,1997 New Harbinger, Oakland

The Language of Injury: Comprehending Self-Mutilation Gloria Babiker and Lois Arnold, 1997 BPS Books, Leicester

Understanding Self Harm Crisis Recovery Unit, Fitzmary One Ward, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3BX, 0208 776 4102, written by residents and staff

The 'Hurt Yourself Less' Workbook E Dace et al, 1998 National Self-Harm Network, available from NSHN, PO Box 7264, Nottingham NG1 6WJ, info@nshn.co.uk, www.nshn.co.uk

Self-harm: a psychotherapeutic approach Fiona Gardner, 2001 Brunner-Routledge

Cutting. Understanding and overcoming self-mutilation Steven Levendron, 1998 Norton, New York/London

Women who hurt themselves. A book of hope and understanding Dusty Miller, 1994 Basic Books, New York

Cutting the Risk National Self-Harm Network, see above for contact details

Women and self-harm G Smith, D Cox, and J Saradjian, 1998 Women’s Press, London

A Bright Red Scream – Self-mutilation and the language of pain Marilee Strong, 2000 Virago, London

Healing the hurt within. Jan Sutton, 1999 Pathways, Oxford

Hidden Self-Harm: Narratives from Psychotherapy Maggie Turp, 2003 Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Women Living with Self-Injury Jane Wegshcheider Hyman, 1999 Temple University Press, Philadelphia

Websites

www.ncb.org.uk/projects/selfharm
National Children’s Bureau: young people and self-harm information resource

www.nshn.co.uk
National Self-Harm Network: survivor-led organisation campaigning for the rights of those who live with self-harm

www.siari.co.uk
Self Injury And Related Issues is an information site maintained by a counsellor and trainer

For other websites, type ‘self-harm’ or ‘self-injury’ using a search engine like www.google.com. Quality and content might vary.

Articles/Reports

Look Beyond the Scars Paul Bywaters and Alison Rolfe, National Childrens Homes Report, 2002 NCH, 85 Highbury Park, London N5 1UD, 0207 704 7000
www.nch.org.uk/selfharm

Deliberate self harm in adolescents: self report survey in schools in England K Hawton, K Rodham, E Evans, R Weatherall, British Medical Journal, volume 325, 23 November 2002,
www.bmj.com

Encountering Self-Harm in Psychotherapy and Counselling Practice Maggie Turp, British Journal of Psychotherapy, 15 (3) 1999

Hurting inside out: Young women and self-harm ywa briefing, available from YWCA, Clarendon House, 52 Cornmarket St, Oxford OX1 3EJ 01865 304 215
www.ywca-gb.org.uk

Newsletters

The Self-Injury Forum newsletter, available from The Basement Project, PO Box 5, Abergavenny, NP7 5XW 01873 856 524
freespace.virgin.net/basement/project/

Sash (Survivors of Abuse and Self-Harm) 20 Lackmore Road, Enfield, Middlesex EN1 4PB, sashpen@aol.com

Source of Support newsletter, available from Self-Harm Alliance, PO Box 61, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL5 18YB 01242 578 820
www.selfharmalliance.org

This Self-Injury Resources and Bibliography was last updated January 2004. If you have information about further resources or corrections, please contact Bristol Crisis Service for Women.