Family and Friends Self-Injury – Addresses the thoughts and feelings you may have about a loved one’s cutting or self-harm. Includes tips on what to do and what not to do.

• Adolescents and Self-Cutting (Self-Harm): Information for Parents- http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_i/i-104.pdf

• Helping Children and Youth with Self-Harm Behaviors Information for Parents and Caregivers-

• Personal Experiences of Parents with Child Who Self Harm

• About Self-Harm: Why You Self-Harm and How to Seek Help – Get the facts about cutting and self-injury. Learn what purpose it serves and how you can overcome it.

• The Truth About Self-Harm (PDF) – In-depth guide for young people and their friends and families. Includes tips for talking about it and strategies for stopping self-harm.

• Cutting – Article written for teens explains what cutting is, why people do it, how it starts, and where to go for help. http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/cutting.html

• Self-Harm – Introduction to self-harm, including what makes people do it, danger signs, treatment, and things you can do to help yourself. http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/problems/depression/self-harm.aspx

• Self-Harm and Trauma: Research Findings – Learn about the relationship between self-harm and childhood trauma and abuse. http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/self-harm-trauma.asp

• How Can I Stop Cutting? – Offers strategies for resisting the urge to cut by planning ahead, distracting yourself, and finding other ways to express your feelings. http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/resisting_cutting.html

• Reducing and Stopping Self-Harm – Explore the reasons you want to stop injuring yourself, examine the reasons behind your behavior, and learn how to stop, as well as deal with slip-ups. http://www.scar-tissue.net/stopping.html

• Coping Skills – Learn the coping skills that worked for one former self-injurer. Includes coping skills for staying in the present, for general wellness, and for replacing cutting. http://www.psyke.org/coping/coping_skills/