Listen and learn as students in C89.5’s radio class at Nathan Hale High School share their own questions about Self Harm with this month’s special guest Dr. Kyrill Gurtovenko – Clinical Psychologist at Seattle Children’s. Here he teaches us how to spot the signs of self-harm and get resources for finding help.
Seattle Children’s Resources
- Cutting to Cope: What is Nonsuicidal Self-Injury? – A Seattle Children’s Adolescent Medicine expert explains what nonsuicidal self-injury is, how parents and caregivers can help their child or teen who may be self-injuring and suggests positive coping methods they can use.
- Teens Use Covert Self-harm Hashtags on Instagram That Escape Content Advisory Filters – Some teens use stealthy hashtags and secret languages on Instagram to create online self-harm communities. Learn about this and get tips for keeping teens who are at risk for self-harm safer on social media.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy Community Resources – Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive-behavioral treatment that is used to help people who have a hard time managing their emotions. DBT is especially helpful to people whose difficulties with emotions lead to severe problems like suicide attempts and self-injury.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy at Seattle Children’s and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intensive Outpatient Program
More Resources
- How to Deal with Self-Harm from the Crisis Text Line – Covers types of self-harm, symptoms, effects, how to deal with it, and recovery. Includes an invitation to text HOME to 741741 to reach a crisis counselor.
- Self-Injury and Recovery Resources from Cornell University – Better understand self-injury through these many resources that are divided by topic and audience.
- Self-Harm from the National Alliance on Mental Illness – Provides brief information on the topic, with a helpful section on what to do when someone self-harms.
- Help for Cutting and Other Self-Injury from Child Mind Institute – Learn why kids cut or hurt themselves, the signs of self-injury and how parents can help.
- How are Self-Injury and Suicide Related? from Child Mind Institute – Self-injury and suicidal behaviors are different in many ways, but they are related. Learn more about the relationship between the two.
- How Can I Stop Cutting? from KidsHealth – This article is full of tips for teens, and includes some calming exercises.
- Teens Talk About Cutting from KidsHealth – In these quotes, teens share the feelings and emotions they had around cutting and how they were able to stop.
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