This title examines how self-injury affects individuals and society, investigates how people are working to put an end to self-injury, and analyzes the controversies and conflicting viewpoints surrounding the issue. .

chapter 1. Self-injury : a growing trend -- chapter 2. What is self-injury? -- chapter 3. The history of self-injury -- chapter 4. Who self-injures and why -- chapter 5. Consequences of self-injury -- chapter 6. Self-injury and society -- chapter 7. Self-injury and the internet -- chapter 8. What's being done about self-injury? -- chapter 9. Treatment : helping those who self-injure.