What Factors Influence Self-Injurious Behavior?
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5 Not Obvious Signs of Self Harm (4:16 minutes)
 
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Self Harm: What is it About? (12:00 minutes)
 
Self Harm: What is it About? Video Transcript
 
Self-injurious behavior is a manifestation of emotion-focused coping.
 
Discuss some causes that may explain why youth engage in self-injurious behaviors.
 
Choose one of the self-injurious behaviors that interests you.
 
Discuss what the research says about the etiology or the causative factors for these behaviors.
 
What evidence-based treatment modalities have been recognized as helpful in managing these behaviors?