Document Type
Parenting, Children and Teens - Spotlighting Teen Issues for Parents
Publication Date
7-2006
Abstract
Cutting is one of several types of self-injurious behaviors that some teens and young adults may practice. Self-injury is the deliberate mutilation of a body part with the purpose of managing emotions that are perceived as too painful to express with words.
Recommended Citation
"SP681-S-Cutting and Other Self-Injurious Behaviors," The University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service, SP681-S 7/06 07-0010, https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_agexfami/59
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Publication Number
SP681-S 7/06 07-0010