Tracey Maxfield
Self-harm or Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) is a deliberate, self-inflicted injury to body tissue resulting in damage, but without any suicidal intent. The injury can be superficial e.g. skin tear, bruising or can be disfiguring with subsequent scarring to skin. There is some debate amongst healthcare professionals about whether
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g6NfpQ451s[/embedyt] November is National Native American Heritage Month in the USA and I thought this is a good opportunity to not only talk about mental illness and suicide in Native American and Alaskan Natives children and teenagers, but also to highlight mental illness and suicide in other indigenous populations
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkC9VrYSU14[/embedyt] Imagine what it must be like having a disorder where you suddenly start barking or spitting for no reason, you repeat phrases such a ‘shut up” over and over again, your lip twitches, your head jerks, your mimic another person’s words, you grunt, you groan over and over
