Self-Harm - what, who, why and how to help

Bullet points of the key information needed to understand self-injury

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The SIS Library: Behind the Scenes

I developed the SiS library when conducting a placement in the summer of 2019 at Self-Injury Support and it has been such an amazing experience.
Introducing the Self injury Support Library

We are very excited to launch The Self Injury Support Library: a one-stop hub of useful, reliable and up to date information on self-injury from around the web.
Recommending a Resource
Free to self-injure? Should self-harm be prevented?

Direct support services

Please click here for details of how to access our support services.
What is self-injury?

Understand more about self-harm and self-injury
Why does it happen?

Find out some of the reasons behind self-harm and self-injury
UK Support Groups and Other Services

Comprehensive listing of local and national self-harm and self-injury support groups and organisations
Rainbow Journal - Personal Self-Help Diary
Helpful responses to self-injury

Short and long term helpful responses to self-injury
Risk Factors

Learn about the factors that increase the risk of self-harm and self-injury
About Us - Our Vision, Our Mission, Our Values

Read more about our vision that anyone who uses self-injury knows they are not alone; that everyone understands that self-injury is a complex and important issue we should all care about and that together we tackle both the causes and stigma of self-injury.
Distractions and alternatives
Launch of Self-Harm Prevention App distrACT

Self injury Support was involved in the development of the distrACT a self-harm prevention app launched in Bristol in November 2017.