self-injury

A study last month in the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics highlighted these often graphic videos of adolescents engaging in what we as clinicians call "self-injury" and kids call "cutting" -- on camera.

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Lovato, who has sought treatment for substance abuse, an eating disorder, and self-injury, has publicly extolled the virtues of rehab: To be able to share my story and let them know that it gets easier.

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Lovato, 19, underwent treatment last year for an eating disorder and self-injury and has been open about her struggle with bulimia since she completed treatment in January.

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Red flags include talking about self-injury, suspicious-looking scars, wounds that don't heal or get worse, cuts on the same place, increased isolation, possession of tools such as shards of glass, wearing long-sleeved shirts in warm weather, avoiding social activities, wearing a lot of band aids, and refusal to go into the locker room or change clothes in school.

Dr. Harold Koplewicz: YouTube Cutters: What Parents Can Do About Kids Injuring Themselves on Camera

It relies on viewers to flag questionable videos, and self-injury videos are among those that have been removed.

Dr. Harold Koplewicz: YouTube Cutters: What Parents Can Do About Kids Injuring Themselves on Camera

In Jackie Morse Kessler's gruesome but inventive 2011 take on a girl's struggle with self-injury, "Rage," teenage Missy's secret cutting turns nightmarish after she is the victim of a sadistic sexual prank.

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Aftab says it would be easy for YouTube to make sure that when people search for keywords such as "cutting" or "self-injury," the first responses are places to seek help.

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How bad is it that the way the world now communicates correlates with self-injury?

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One of the kids has Smith-Magenis, a genetic disorder that includes autismlike behavioral symptoms including self-injury.

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It has evolved into a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster hope and find help "...for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide" by helping people engage and benefit from treatment.

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