Certainty, revision, and ambivalence: A qualitative investigation into women's journeys to stop self-injuring

Women and Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 153-177

  Shaw, Sarah Naomi ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutting; Healing; Qualitative methods; Recovery; Self injury; Self mutilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747862215     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v29n01_08     Document Type: Article

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