A Bright Red Scream: Self-mutilation and the language of pain

An investigation of why so many people self-mutilate and what can be done to help them. The illness, "outed" on a global scale when Princess Diana admitted hurting herself deliberately, is practised mainly by middle- class women who start in their teens and self-harm throughout their lives. The Walking Wounded; Into the Void; The Secret Language of Pain: The Psychology of Cutting; The Unkindest Cut of All: The Legacy of Childhood Sexual Abuse; The Body Keeps Score: The Psychobiology of Trauma; The Hunger Within: Eating Disorders, Body Alienation, and Self-Mutilation; A Walk on the Wild Side; Beyond the Pain: Hope and Healing from Self- Injury; A Safe Place.