Too often, young people turn to nonsuicidal self-injury to try to cope with depression, anxiety and negative emotions. At CBC, we're focusing on positive alternatives for youth in distress. DBT, an evidence-based treatment adapted for adolescents who self-injure by CBC's Dr. Alec Miller and his colleagues, teaches skills and behaviors to regulate emotions to replace self-injury, can improve mental health.
To honor Self-injury Awareness month in March, we ask that you take a moment to explore the resources below to help increase awareness of this often mistaken problem.
- Jacobson, CM, Muehlenkamp, MM, Miller, AL, & Turner, B. (2008). Psychiatric Impairment Among Adolescents Engaging in Different Types of Deliberate Self-Harm. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37. 363-375. DOI: 10.1080/15374410801955771
- Mazza, JJ, Dexter-Mazza, ET, Miller, AL, Rathus, JH, & Murphy, HE, (2016). DBT Skills Training in Schools: The Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A). The Guilford Press, NY.
- Miller, AL, Klein, D. & Morris, B. (2016). Psychotherapeutic Perspective - Cutting helps me feel better: Nonsuicidal self-injury, Chapter 23. In, DSM-V Casebook and Treatment Guide for Child Mental Health. P. Jensen & C. Galanter (Eds.). American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. Pages 268-271.
- Miller, AL, Rathus, JH, & Linehan, MM. (2007). Dialectical behavior therapy with suicidal adolescents. The Guilford Press, NY. (translated into Japanese, Polish and Spanish)
- Miller, AL, & Smith, HL. (2008). Adolescent non-suicidal self-injurious behavior: The latest epidemic to assess and treat. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 12, 178-188. DOI: 10.1016/j.appsy.2008.05.003
- Mehlum, L, Ramberg, M, Tormoen, AJ, Haga, E, Diep, LM, Stanley, BH, Miller, AL, Sund, AM, & Groholt, B. (2016). Dialectical Behavior Therapy Compared with Enhanced Usual Care for Adolescents with Repeated Suicidal and Self-Harming Behavior: Outcomes over a 1-year Follow-Up. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 55, 295-300. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.01.005
- Mehlum, L., Ramleth, R., Tomoen, AJ, Haga, E., Diep LM, Stanley, BH, Miller, AL, Larsson B., Sund, AM, & Groholt, B. (2019). Long Term Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy vs. Enhanced Usual Care for Adolescents with Self-Harming and Suicidal Behavior. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13077
- Mehlum, L., Tormoen, A., Ramberg, M., Haga, E., Diep, L., Laberg, S., Larsson, B., Stanley, B., Miller, AL, Sund, A., Groholt, B. (2014). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents with Repeated Suicidal and Self-Harming Behavior: A Randomized Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 53(10), 1082-1091. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2014.07.003
- Rathus, JH, & Miller, AL. (2015). DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents. The Guilford Press, NY. (translated into Chinese, French, Korean, Italian, Polish, Spanish, and Russian
