The Parent's Guide to Self-Harm: What every parent needs to know

by Jane Smith

Publisher:

Lion Books

, 2012

Overview

The first book on self-harm written for parents by parents.

Are you concerned that your child may be self-harming?
Are you wondering what to do for the best?
Do you need more information and help?
If so, this is the book for you.

An ever-increasing number of young people are turning to self-harm in order to cope with the pressures of modern living, and this poses a huge problem for parents and others who care for them.

This book provides the answers you need to questions such as:

- How do I know for sure whether my child is self-harming?
- How should I approach my child?
- What help and treatment is available to us?
- What can I do to help my child?
- How have other parents coped?

Full of the real-life experiences of other parents who have been there, this is a practical book that will both inform and equip you to help your child and yourself through this difficult time.

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Product Details

• Title : The Parent's Guide to Self-Harm: What parents need to know
• Author: Smith, Jane
• Publisher: Lion Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• ISBN: 9780745958958

About Jane Smith

Jane S. Smith, PhD, is the award-winning author of several books, including Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine, which received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize; and, most recently, The Garden of Invention, winner of the Caroline Bancroft Prize in Western History.