Multiple meanings of self harm: a critical review.
The issue of self harm is a popular inclusion in various contemporary journals focusing on health and in particular women's health. This paper seeks to condense, critically analyse and more simply explain selected literature in order to raise awareness of the multiple ways of understanding self harm. Raised awareness may be a useful strategy in thinking about self harm in novel ways and thus providing alternate pathways for responding to the individual and society.
McAllister
Margaret
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School of Nursing, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Nathan, Queensland, Australia. m.mcallister@mailbox.gu.edu.au
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008016:Life Change Events; D008960:Models, Psychological; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015995:Prevalence; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012307:Risk Factors; D012650:Self Disclosure; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D012940:Social Problems