Treatments for self-harming
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There is no single means of treatment that is guaranteed to work in all cases of self-harming or cases in which an individual inflicts behaviours such as cutting, burning, head banging, hair pulling and even poisoning on his or her own body. Instead, a combination of treatments geared towards protecting the self-harmer’s physical and mental health is often employed to treat self-harmers and help them cease their injurious behaviours. If a self-harmer is in need of medical treatment, this will...
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