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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Press Release)
May, 2011 -- Difficult and often unbearable, coping with psychological
issues takes a toll on its victims, especially young teens.
Bottled emotions can build up causing the sufferer to look
for any way out of pain. In some cases causing pain becomes
a way to release pain.
When a teenage victim of incest in Southeast Missouri finally
sought the help of a therapist, all the emotional damage and
psychological pain she had been carrying around was showing
up as cuts and bruises on her body. Tearing her flesh with
a paper clip or razor blade she claimed it was a sort of catharsis,
relief from the pain in her mind. Jeff Johnston, a psychotherapist
with Cape Girardeau-based Associated Counseling Services said
he has seen more clients battling self-injury in recent years,
most of them young, more female than male. He sees them as
young as middle school age teens, and the incidents of cutting
tend to get worse as they get older. Guidance counselors and
mental health specialists in Southeast Missouri say while
the numbers aren't at an all time high yet the incidents are
still quite alarming.
Concern is growing for this apparent new trend among teenagers
that leaves them not only in need for medical attention but
also with more severe psychological damage than before.
Although the numbers are hard to track, an estimated one percent
of the total U.S. population, around 3 million Americans,
shows signs of self-injurious behavior. Another study in the
Journal of Clinical Psychology reported rates of 4 percent.
A 2004 British study, "Young People and Self-Harm,"
estimates 10 percent of people ages 11 to 25 self-injure.
These studies have also shown that women are more likely to
use cutting for psychological relief than men. A number of
researchers claim that it is a cry for attention while others
believe it is about control that cutters feel that by hurting
themselves they have control over their feelings. There is
also the notion that cutters are following a trend, a way
to fit in with their peers. Mental health professionals have
warned that cutters are in a constant state of recovery and
that they may substitute cutting by other self-destructive
behaviors such as drug abuse. The realization that these behaviors
are damaging is the only way to prevent this self- abuse form
progressing.
There are better ways to deal with troubles than cutting —
healthier, long-lasting ways that don't leave a person with
emotional and physical scars. The first step is to get help
with the troubles that led to the cutting in the first place.
Inspirations Teen Rehab has created a behavioral treatment
program for teens who are cutting. The behavior treatment
program includes therapeutic methods and skill building activities:
• Psychotherapy
• Solution-Focused
Therapy
• Trauma
Therapy
• Individual Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Family
Therapy
• Recreational
Therapy
• Art
Therapy
• Music
Therapy
• Anger Management Skills
• Stress Management Skills
• Coping Skills
• Decision Making Skills
• Motivational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Team Building Skills
• Life Skills
• Physical Exercise Program
• Therapeutic High School Academic Program
Reach out to us. Recovery from addiction is just a click or a phone
call away. If the information you are looking for is not found here and you
need immediate attention you may contact us:
Teen Addiction Help: 1-888-757-6237
Addiction Treatment for Young Adults and Adults : 1-888-387-6237
http://www.covecenterforrecovery.com
or e-mail
us.
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