HEA 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Psychotherapy, Crisis Hotline, Mental Disorder
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Occurs in the form of intentional, self-inflicted cuts, burns, bruises, or other injuries, without suicidal intent. Often performed in an effort to deal with negative or overwhelming feelings: moments of calm after self-injury are often followed by feelings of guilt and shame. More than 5% of college students in the united states admit to performing self-injury in the past year. The reliability of these statistics is questionable because most who injure themselves conceal it. Most self-injury begins or occurs in adolescence and the teen years. Rates of self-injury are similar across the sexes and ethnic groups. Therapy and medication can help people deal with difficult feelings in more appropriate, healthy ways: suicide. More than 38,000 people in the united states take their own lives every year. At least another 11 unsuccessful attempts are made for each death that occurs. College students are more likely than the general population to attempt suicide.
