Primary school children and self harm: The emotional impact upon education professionals, and their understandings of why children self harm and how this is managed

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 677-692

  Simm, Rebecca ^a   Roen, Katrina ^b   Daiches, Anna ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 78649821718     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2010.501139     Document Type: Article

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