Introduction to nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents

Self-Injury in Youth: The Essential Guide to Assessment and Intervention

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-6

  Nixon, Mary K ^a,b   Heath, Nancy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84862133559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203892671     Document Type: Chapter

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