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Self-Injury Behavior

2008; Volume: 25; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/01.cnj.0000337001.11895.c6

1931-7662

R Leśniak,

Resilience and Mental Health

In Brief She can see the GAPE of CRIMSON grow larger as it spills over the edges and runs down her hand. She can see the SCARLET DROPS grow larger as they gather at her fingertips and then detach and fall through space. But no sound comes from her lips. To an onlooker this would seem an EERILY QUIET moment, a moment engulfed in deathly silence. But the girl lying in the PUDDLE of BLOOD in the silent war hears the discordant noises … raging and roaring as they grate through her mind, PIERCING REMINDERS of what she'd rather FORGET…(Anonymous, 2001) It's hard to understand why someone would deliberately hurt him or herself. Yet 12% to13% of teens self-injure. To facilitate healing, nurses need to know how—and how not to help.