"I cut because it helps": Narratives of Self-Injury in Teenage Girls

Narrative Research in Health and Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 95-114

  Boynton, Petra M ^a   Auerbach, Annabelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chat rooms; Descriptions; Magazine; Self injury; Teenage girls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911421826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755167.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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