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Featured Nonfiction
A Bright Red Scream
Marilee Strong
An investigation of why so many people deliberately hurt themselves and what can be done to help them. The illness “outed” on a global scale when Princess Diana admitted hurting herself deliberately, and continues to be practised mainly by middle-class women who start in their teens and self-harm throughout their lives. More…
Healing the Hurt Within
Jan Sutton
This work reveals the traumatic experiences underlying self-injury, food misuse and alcohol abuse. As well as offering hope and relief to other sufferers, the stories in this book aim to give those who have contact with sufferers a deeper understanding of self-destructive behaviour. More…
Featured Biographies
Wasted
Marya Hornbacher
At the age of four Marya Hornbacher looked in a mirror and decided she was fat. At nine, she was bulimic. At 12, she was anorexic. By the time she was 18, she’d been hospitalized five times, once in a mental asylum. Her doctors and her parents had given up on her; they were watching her die. But Marya decided to live. More…
Prozac Nation
Elizabeth Wurtzel
An account, both harrowing and amusing, of the author’s dependence on Prozac, prescribed for her after a series of suicide attempts and breakdowns. She describes her experiences and her determination to get herself off medication. More…
Featured Fiction
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
A student from Boston wins a guest editorship on a national magazine, and finds a new world at her feet. Her New York life is crowded with possibilities, so the choice of future is overwhelming. She is faced with the perennial problems of morality, behaviour and identity. More…
Collected Poems
Sylvia Plath
Containing everything that celebrated poet Sylvia Plath wrote after 1956, this is one of the most comprehensive collections of her work. Edited, annotated, and with an introduction by Ted Hughes. More…
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Book Reviews
Wearing Only Words, book reviews by Dawn Gibson.
Self Harm Alliance has a list of recommended books for professionals and students.
Training Packs
You can order leaflets, reports and training packs from the Bristol Crisis Service for Women.
The National Self Harm Network Information Pack can be bought through Mind.
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