Self-harm is deliberate. It’s often an escape or form of self-punishment, but you can learn to change self-harm behaviors into more adaptive styles of coping. How you adapt and respond to challenges ...

In my body-oriented psychotherapy practice, I often refer clients to acupuncture and moxibustion when there is self-injurious behavior like cutting or burning. There is some research on the efficacy ...

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a difficult phenomenon to understand. It is the intentional infliction of damage or harm to one’s body tissue without the intent to die (Favazza, 2011). It can ...

For many people, self-harm can be a difficult behaviour to understand. It also comes with a lot of stigma. This can make talking about it difficult as people who self-harm often anticipate negative ...

Study overview. (A) CONSORT diagram of participant recruitment and disposition; (B) Study timeline and procedures; (C) Electrode localization within the core (light blue) and shell (dark blue) of the ...

Emotions are tricky things. They allow for humans to fall in love, wage war and, as it turns out, engage in self-harm. By all accounts, young people are experiencing a seemingly unprecedented level of ...