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"Although this is written for patients, I found this to be a valuable resouce for A and E nurses, providing an insight into understanding the complexities surrounding self-harm and suggesting a way forward for those who self-harm. This is a fascinating approach which I feel will be of great interest to A and E nurses and prove to enhance their knowledge base on the subject however experienced they are." - Stephanie Davis, Accident and Emergency Nursing Journal
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In many countries there has been an alarming increase in rates of suicide and self-harm, yet the stigma attached to these difficulties often leads to sub-optimal care.
Life After Self-Harm: A Guide to the Future is written for individuals who have deliberately harmed themselves. Developed through a major research project the contents of the manual have been informed and shaped by many users and expert professionals. Illustrated with multiple case-histories, it teaches users important skills:
- for understanding and evaluating self-harm
- for keeping safe in crisis
- for dealing with seemingly insolvable problems
- for developing coping strategies
- for re-connecting with life.
Health workers who regularly come into contact with individuals who have self-harmed will find the wealth of practical advice in this book extremely valuable for recommendation to patients either as a self-help book, or in the context of brief therapy.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A book for the suicidal not self harmers,
By A Customer
This review is from: Life after Self-harm: A Guide to the Future (Paperback)
As a self harmer I bought this book believing it was a book about how to overcome the problem. In fact this is a companion to help siucidal people get through their darkest moments and look to the future ahead of them. For that purpose I can see how this book may be useful but as a book for self harmers it is useless. I do feel that the title is misleading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
More for suicide than self-harm,
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This review is from: Life after Self-harm: A Guide to the Future (Paperback)
The title of this book is misleading. The focus is really on suicide prevention rather than self-injury. Throughout the book there is no clear distinction made between suicide and self-injury as they are lumped together as one. It is also implied that self-injury/suicidal behaviour is often used as a tool for manipulating people.
That said, some of the exercises might be useful for people who self-injure, and a lot of the information is good advice for those who are suicidal. However, as a tool for dealing with most cases of self-injury, I can't see it as being particularly useful or groundbreaking.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I would`nt recommend this for self-harmers,
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This review is from: Life after Self-harm: A Guide to the Future (Paperback)
I bought this book, in order to understand my own self injury, and perhaps finally end it. However, this book states that self injury and attempted suicide are one and the same thing. I know this is not the case. I self-harm, as a way of coping...of living, as most people do, in one way or another. I have lost two people very close to me to suicide. One of them had self harmed for many years before ending her life. This was not self-harm gone wrong. The other one had never self harmed, but had been extremely depressed, and could see no way out, so decided to end his life. I attempted suicide, and know I wanted to die, not to get attention, which is what this book implies.
I found that this book is extremely stereotypical in many statements about self-harmers. While it states that many "cutters" are ashamed of their behavior, scars, etc, it implies that this is how they should feel, and they are seen as attention seekers, etc, etc.. Self-harmers are individuals who happen to self harm, not a huge swathe of attention seeking individuals, who cut, overdose, etc as soon as they`re out of the limelight, out of desperation to get attention. The majority of people who self-harm do se very privately, and therefore rarely get any attention for doing so. Thay are afraid of being judged negatively, which often stops them from seeking medical care for any damage they`ve done to their body. I know, from experience that many health care proffesionals hold very negative judgements on self harmers, and books like this only go to strengthen these judgements. I would strongly recommend not buying this book if you are a self harmer, as it is likely to further lower any self worth you have left. I would also ask friends / family / staff caring forself harmers not to buy this book as you are likely to be given very unhelpful stereotypes, which will not be useful at all to the person you care for.
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