Why do people intentionally injure themselves?
- Written by Joanne Dickson, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edith Cowan University
Those close to people who self-injure desperately want to know why they do it. from www.shutterstock.com
For the family and friends of people who self-injure, as well as the doctors and services that try to support them, a key question is often: why do they do it?
Non-suicidal self-injury refers to acts of self-harm where there is no intent to end...