Self-injury in trauma survivors: 1. Functions and meanings.
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 66 (2) , 197-206
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0080171
Abstract
Self-injury is increasingly linked to traumatic childhood experiences, and is identified in this paper as a means by which some trauma survivors cope with post-traumatic effects. It is proposed that self-injury serves a number of functions, organized here into four categories: re-enactment of the original trauma, expression of feelings and needs, reorganization of the self, and management of dissociative process.Keywords
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