This section contains resources that will be helpful to professionals working with young people who self-harm and their friends and families.

Publications

> Children and adolescents who try to harm, hurt or
National Statistics 2001

> Deliberate self-harm among children and young peop
Mental Health Foundation updates

> Deliberate self-harm in adolescents
A study of characteristics and trends in Oxford 1990-2000

> Deliberate self-harm in adolescents
Self-report survey in schools in England

> Getting it right
A guide to creating a self-harm policy

> highlight 201
A leaflet produced by the Library and Information Service of the National Chidren's Bureau

> Hurting inside out
YWCA Briefing paper

> Look beyond the scars
Frequently asked questions

> Managing deliberate self-harm in young people
Examines self-harm by young people

> The Mental Health and Psychological Well-being of
National Service Framework

> National Inquiry into Self-harm among Young People
The UK’s first major investigation into this issue

> Promoting children’s mental health within early ye
Department for Education and Science

> Safeguarding Children
According to S.175 Education Act 2002, schools have a legal duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

> Self-harm
NICE guidelines

> Self-inflicted violence
Craig Donnellan (editor)

> Suicide and self-harm
Mental Health Foundation

> Teenage suicide and self-harm training pack
Trust for the Study of Adolescence

> the truth about self-harm...
...for young people and their friends and families - A booklet based on the evidence given by young people to the National Inquiry into Self-Harm.

> Visible memories
A film about self-injury

> Young people
Suicide and self-harm

> Youth and self harm
Perspectives. A report

Organisations and websites

> British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Provides information on counselling and therapy and lists local therapists.

> Centre for Suicide Research
University of Oxford

> Mental Health Foundation: Children and Young Peopl
Mental Health Programmes

> National Electronic Library for Mental Health
Specialist on-line library

> Teachernet
Goverenment resource for teachers

> The Opal Project
A new project staffed by people who have experienced self-harm. Devised the Spectrum Journal a unique and helpful tool for young people who self-harm. In the process of creating useful resources for teachers.

> Wired for Health
Health Development Agency