Teen Self-Injury

by Melissa Higgins

Overview

This title examines how self-injury affects individuals and society, investigates how people are working to put an end to self-injury, and analyzes the controversies and conflicting viewpoints surrounding the issue. Features include a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts.

Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.

Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629683126
Publisher:	ABDO Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2014
Series:	Essential Issues Series: Set 4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Self-Injury: A Growing Trend 6

Chapter 2 What Is Self-Injury? 16

Chapter 3 The History of Self-Injury 26

Chapter 4 Who Self-Injures and Why 36

Chapter 5 Consequences of Self-Injury 46

Chapter 6 Self-Injury and Society 56

Chapter 7 Self-Injury and the Internet 64

Chapter 8 What's Being Done About Self-Injury? 74

Chapter 9 Treatment: Helping Those Who Self-Injure 84

Timeline 96

Essential Facts 100

Glossary 102

Additional Resources 104

Source Notes 106

Index 110

About the Author 112

About the Consultant 112

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2014
Gr 5–9—This informative series focuses on eight issues that could negatively affect teens. The texts are both credible and readable: the authors employ an engaging narrative style supplemented by text boxes and footnotes, relying upon both research and anecdotal evidence from teens. An attractive layout, featuring full-color, captioned photos, enhances these books. The series is marred by some flaws, such as problematic phrasing that may alienate readers , and other sections border on the didactic. Overall, though, this is a clearly written and well-organized series.

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