Self-harm as a means to manage the public and private selves: A qualitative study of help seeking by adults

Health Psychology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Ogden, Jane ^a   Bennett, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiences; Function; Help seeking; Qualitative; Self harm

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016261661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2055102915605987     Document Type: Article

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