SAMANTHA STILES

What is Self Harm and what does

it includes: The act of deliberately harming your own body; a unhealthy way to cope with uncomfortable feelings and emotions.

Cutting/ Burning self

Picking at skin/scabs

Pulling Hair (not Trichotillomania)

Banging Head

Hitting/ Biting self

Biting Self

Eating inedible objects (not Pica)

Eating Disorders

SHAME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toOKvG9li3c&list

=PLyfbgillDoa2qQJ98UUnws_OCc-HDTAFa

Why?

Why? • Intense emotions, such as, anger, anxiety, or depression

• Abuse• Low self esteem• Self Punishment• Numbness; to feel alive• Lonely• A combination of all these and some more• Sometimes this question is never answered

Why?The most important thing to know is all addictions are started for a reason, and that reason could be different from the other person suffering from the same addiction.

Addictive Disease Model

Self Harm

Behavior andEnvironmentModel

Self-Harm

Academic Model of Addiction

Self Harm

Diathesis-Stress Theory of Addiction

Self-Harm

STATISTICS

• Females comprise 60 percent of those who engage in self injurious behavior

STATISTICS• Each year, 1 in 5 females and 1 in 7 males

engage in self injury

• 90 percent of people who engage in self harm begin during their teen or pre-

adolescent years• Nearly 50 percent of those who engage in

self injury activities have been sexually abused

• About 50 percent of those who engage in self mutilation begin around age 14 and

carry on into their 20s• Approximately two million cases are

reported annually in the U.S

CONSENQUENCES

•Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death among Americans.•More than 38,000 people died by suicide in 2010.•More than 1 million people reported making a suicide attempt in the past year.•More than 2 million adults reported thinking about suicide in the past year.•Most people who engage in suicidal behavior never seek health services.

•Suicide costs society approximately $34.6 billion a year in combined medical and work loss costs.•The average suicide costs $1,061,170.(CDC cost estimates based on 2005 data. Refers to people age 10 and over.)

COSTS TO SOCIETY

ESTIMATES ARE THAT ABOUT ONE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL U.S. POPULATION, OR BETWEEN 2 AND 3 MILLION PEOPLE, EXHIBIT SOME TYPE OF SELF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR

• the number of cases is on the rise

• without treatment, many who begin cutting themselves as

teens will continue the behavior well into their adult

years

Two of the most alarming facts about teen cutting are these:

Dialectical Behavioral

Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral

Therapy

Individual or Group

Psychotherapy

Treatment

THANKS FOR WATCHING AND LISTENING, I REALLY HOPE EVERYONE LEARNED SOMETHING. MAINLY, SELF HARM IS A REAL ADDICTIVE ISSUE THAT IS OVERLOOKED AS THE PROBLEM RATHER THAN A SYMPTOM.

References

Inaba, D., & Cohen, W. E. (1990). Uppers, Downers, All Arounders: Physical and Mental Effects of

Psychoactive Drugs (Updated and repr. 1990]. ed.). Ashland, Or.: Cinemed.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5. (5th ed.). (2013). Washington, D.C.:

American Psychiatric Association.

Argarwal, L. J., Berger, C.E., Gill, L. (2011). Naltrexone for Severe Self Harm Behavior: A Case Report.

The American Journal of Psychiatry, 168 (4), 436-438.

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=1060907

Suicide: Consequences. (2012, September 24). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Retrieved October 10, 2013, from

http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/consequences.html

Gluck, S. (2012). Self Injury, Self Harm Statistics and Facts.

http://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/self-injury/self-injury-self-harm-statistics-and-facts/