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Self-Harm: Cutting the Bad out of Me

Jennifer Harris

Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, United Kingdom

The practice of self-harm is increasing in the United Kingdom, accounting for the highest number of acute medical admissions for women. The medical and nursing response to repeaters, set within a climate of dwindling emergency and accident resources, has been one of impatience, frustration, and hostile care. The author undertook a correspondence study with 6 women who regularly self-harmed. The women claimed that medical and nursing professionals viewed their self-harm as irrational and illogical. However, a qualitative examination of the motivations and interests of all parties reveals that self-harm acts possess situated internal logic, whereas professionals tend to use rational logic in attempting to understand them.

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 10, No. 2, 164-173 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/104973200129118345
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