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This booklet assists persons who have had a whiplash injury onto the road to recovery. It provides information about whiplash-associated disorders, an explanation of whiplash, an exercise program that has been proven to assist in reducing neck pain, and advice on how to manage your neck to prevent unnecessary strain. Illustrated booklet. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Accident Analysis and Prevention, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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International surveys of occupational injuries among seafarers have so far been missing. It was the aim to test the method of self-report of injuries and length of time at risk during the latest duty period and second to study the injury incidence rate among seafarers by use of the method. A pilot study was conducted (n=1068) in Finland, Denmark, the Philippines, Croatia and Spain using self-completed questionnaires with questions about the person, the ship, the duration of latest duty period and injuries. The duration of the self-reporting duty period was in the Danish part compared with information from the crew register of the Maritime Authority. For seafarers from merchant ships in the Danish sub-study there was acceptable correspondence between the information from the seafarers and the Maritime Authority, but not when referring to ferries and non-specified types of ship. Unadjusted and adjusted injury incidence rates-ratios (IRRs) based on number of injuries per number of work hours were calculated. Adjusted IRRs for ordinary seamen/officers: IRR=2.43 (95% CI: 1.25-4.72); for age <35/35+ years: IRR=1.97 (1.02-3.81); length of tour: 117 days or longer compared with <117 days: IRR=0.46 (95% CI: 0.22-0.95); 57-70 working hours per week compared with <57h: IRR=1.26 (0.48-3.29), 71+h compared with <57h: IRR=2.12 (0.84-5.36). Non-significant IRRs >1.00 were found for ships under 10,000 GT compared with larger ships and for own flagged ships compared with ships under flag of convenience. In conclusion, more than 70h of work per week was related to a higher rate of injuries for seafarers on merchant ships, but the result was not statistically significant. Self-report of the duration of the latest tour of duty is useful for seafarers from merchant ships with short-term employments, but not for ferries and other, non-specified types of ship with other or permanent employment. ... Read more

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This book is filled with journeys of self-loathing to self-love. From needing pain to escaping from pain within, to experiencing all emotions willingly. It is filled with experiences of learning, falling down, and having the courage to get back up again to fight against self injury. It is filled with histories of pain to futures of contentment. This book is for anyone who wishes to see the resilience of the human spirit and also for anyone struggling with self injury. It is also for loved one of someone struggling with self injury or for anyone how needs a little hope at this time. These are our stories of hope and victory in which we claim with honor! Self injury is an area in which many people fear looking at. It is an area that needs to be researched more by those in the medical field, and especially those whom work in the mental health profession. ... Read more

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The biggest problem with this book is that all the stories, are about people who went through the SAFE program, so they are all pretty much the same, I went to SAFE and that solved my problems. Sort of like an advertisement for SAFE alternatives really. There are numerous ways to overcome self injury, this would have been a good book had it included people's stories who overcame self injury with dbt, meds, individual counseling and things like that. If someone is interested in the SAFE alternatives program this book could be good for them, if not then it isn't a good choice. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Clinical Psychology Review, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Deliberate self-injury is defined as the intentional, direct injuring of body tissue without suicidal intent. The present article reviews the empirical research on the functions of self-injury. This literature includes self-reports of reasons for self-injuring, descriptions of the phenomenology of self-injury, and laboratory studies examining the effects of self-injury proxies on affect and physiological arousal. Results from 18 studies provide converging evidence for an affect-regulation function. Research indicates that: (a) acute negative affect precedes self-injury, (b) decreased negative affect and relief are present after self-injury, (c) self-injury is most often performed with intent to alleviate negative affect, and (d) negative affect and arousal are reduced by the performance of self-injury proxies in laboratory settings. Studies also provide strong support for a self-punishment function, and modest evidence for anti-dissociation, interpersonal-influence, anti-suicide, sensation-seeking, and interpersonal boundaries functions. The conceptual and empirical relationships among the different functions remain unclear. Future research should address the measurement, co-variation, clinical correlates, and treatment implications of different functions. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Research in Developmental Disabilities, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Multi-sensory stimulation provided in a Snoezelen room is being used increasingly for individuals with mental retardation and mental illness to facilitate relaxation, provide enjoyment, and inhibit behavioral challenges. We observed aggressive and self-injurious behavior in three groups of 15 individuals with severe or profound mental retardation and mental illness before, during, and after being in a Snoezelen room. All participants were receiving psychotropic medication for their mental illness and function-derived behavioral interventions for aggression, self-injury, or both. Using a repeated measures counterbalanced design, each group of participants was rotated through three experimental conditions: Activities of Daily Living (ADL) skills training, Snoezelen, and Vocational skills training. All other treatment and training activities specified in each individual's person-centered plan were continued during the 10-week observational period. Both aggression and self-injury were lowest when the individuals were in a Snoezelen room, followed by Vocational skills training and ADL skills training. The levels in the Snoezelen room were significantly lower than in both the other conditions for aggression but only in ADL skills training for self-injury. The difference in levels before and after Snoezelen were statistically significant with self-injury but not with aggression. The order of conditions showed no significant effect on either behavior. Snoezelen may provide an effective context for reducing the occurrence of self-injury and aggression. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of School Health, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2007. The length of the article is 5874 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Keywords: self-injury; adolescent health; school counselors; mental health.

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Title: School counselors and student self-injury.(Research Article)
Author: Susan Roberts-Dobie
Publication: Journal of School Health (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 77Issue: 5Page: 257(8)

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This digital document is an article from Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on March 1, 2000. The length of the article is 4607 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Analysis of Suicide Risk Factors and Suicidal Self-Injury and Concurrent Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents.(Brief Article)
Publication: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2000
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 71Issue: 1Page: A-47

Article Type: Brief Article

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In today’s society, there are those who starve, binge, drug and even cut and mutilate themselves to handle the pains and stress associated with life. There are those who can only watch as their loved ones suffer through this ordeal, feeling just as much pain if not more than the injurers themselves.

Yet, very little acknowledgement is given for these people whose patience and support gives hope for those who suffer from self injury.

Just as the injurer has to realize that he or she is not alone, it is equally important that friends and family realize that they too are not alone.

This book is a compilation of stories of self injury as seen through the eyes of a loved one. Through these pages, one can read through the ordeals parents, friends and spouses had to go through while witnessing their loved one engaging in the act of self injury. Through the times of heartfelt tears and hopelessness through the times of joy and victory, no matter how small the winnings are, this book has it all.

It is my hope that with this book, you can find peace and hope in your personal struggle beyond the razor’s edge.

—Luxhman Gunaseelan

For more information, please visit our site at www.beyondtherazorsedge.com.

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This digital document is a journal article from Neuropsychologia, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Individuals who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) often exhibit an array of cognitive deficits, yet perhaps most maladaptive of these sequelae is the frequent occurrence of reduced insight into one's own condition. In such cases, TBI individuals may overestimate their post-injury level of socio-cognitive functioning, leading to disparities between how they perceive themselves and what others observe. This functional MRI (fMRI) investigation examined the relationship between level of insight into one's post-injury condition (i.e. trait/ability status) and neural activation evoked during an fMRI task involving self-appraisal of one's traits and abilities. Twenty TBI patients (8-12 weeks post-injury, ER Glasgow Coma Scale Average=10.9+/-2.8) were selected on the criterion that they overestimate their current trait/abilities (as detected on the patient competency rating scale, PCRS). fMRI activation on the self-appraisal task was compared between the TBI patients and 20 matched controls. For both groups, the fMRI task evoked activation at mid-line prefrontal and retrosplenial cortices. TBI patients exhibited greater signal change in the anterior cingulate, precuneus and right temporal pole. Subsequently, a linear regression analysis was conducted for the TBI group, with the PCRS and a measure of cognitive speed entered as predictor variables to determine the selective effect of insight on self-evaluative brain activation. A more accurate level of trait/ability-based insight was related to increased signal change in the right anterior dorsal prefrontal cortex (PFC). The results suggest that one's post-injury level of self-referential insight is related to a network inclusive of the medial and right dorsal PFC. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by Thomson Gale on September 28, 2007. The length of the article is 3250 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Nonfatal self-inflicted injuries among adults aged [greater than or equal to] 65 years--United States, 2005.
Author: A. Crosby
Publication: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Newsletter)
Date: September 28, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 56Issue: 38Page: 989(4)

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This digital document is a journal article from Accident Analysis and Prevention, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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To further reduce injuries in the workplace, companies have begun focusing on organizational factors which may contribute to workplace safety. Safety climate is an organizational factor commonly cited as a predictor of injury occurrence. Characterized by the shared perceptions of employees, safety climate can be viewed as a snapshot of the prevailing state of safety in the organization at a discrete point in time. However, few studies have elaborated plausible mechanisms through which safety climate likely influences injury occurrence. A mediating model is proposed to link safety climate (i.e., management commitment to safety, return-to-work policies, post-injury administration, and safety training) with self-reported injury through employees' perceived control on safety. Factorial evidence substantiated that management commitment to safety, return-to-work policies, post-injury administration, and safety training are important dimensions of safety climate. In addition, the data support that safety climate is a critical factor predicting the history of a self-reported occupational injury, and that employee safety control mediates the relationship between safety climate and occupational injury. These findings highlight the importance of incorporating organizational factors and workers' characteristics in efforts to improve organizational safety performance. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Australian Nursing Journal, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1679 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Managing self-inflicted burn injuries.(clinical update)(Medical condition overview)(Table)(Clinical report)
Author: Tania Baker
Publication: Australian Nursing Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 14Issue: 8Page: 28(3)

Article Type: Clinical report, Medical condition overview, Table

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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2007. The length of the article is 669 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Kids and self-injury: "pain makes them feel alive".
Author: Timothy F. Kirn
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 41Issue: 4Page: 36(1)

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