Hidden Scars, Silent Wounds: Understanding Self-Injury
- Synopsis
- Investigation of the phenomenon of self-injury. Self-injury refers to a pattern in which a person harms him- or herself by cutting or even burning parts of the body, to relieve stress from pent-up emotions. Many people suffer from this usually secretive activity. Typically they have endured unusual and stressful events or abusive family situations, and have resorted to self-injury as an unhealthy coping mechanism. This programme demystifies this often misunderstood problem by offering candid interviews with ‘cutters’ and their families, as well as commentary by noted experts in the field. One interviewee describes her cutting as a form of self-punishment, but also as a strategy to keep her emotions from spiralling out of control. A psychologist discusses the symptoms and causes of self-injury. Accompanying teachers’ resource book which includes class worksheets to extend students’ investigation of the subject.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of production
- 2004
- Subjects
- Psychology; Social welfare; Mental Health and Counselling
- Keywords
- emotional development; self harm
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £39.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 25 minutes
- Year
- 2010
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
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