Self Harm

Word SELF HARM
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Definitions and meanings of "Self Harm"

What do we mean by self harm?

The deliberate non-suicidal injuring of one's body. noun

The deliberate non-suicidal injuring of one's own body.

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The word "self-harm" in example sentences

"If you present to an emergency department with deliberate self-harm, that is something that should receive a mental health assessment during the visit," he told Reuters Health. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If any of us had been in danger of self-harm that week, it was postponed till the next gathering. ❋ Courtney Hammett (2012)

A sleepy-eyed 19-year-old had been stopped in his car in which was found a "kitchen knife with a blade, length of nine inches"; its presence, he had explained, was due to "his sister having self-harm problems", and he was protecting her from herself. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We try not to publish anything that promotes self-harm, suicide or drug taking. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And when my daughter has gone to bed, I'm still so rattled that I cart off the couple of copies of my memoir about depression, anxiety, self-harm and alcoholism, A Head Full of Blue, from a low-slung, out-of-sight bookshelf in the living room and put them on a high shelf behind a door in our bedroom. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Facebook's role in the incident isn't clear, although the company has said in the past that it encourages friends to call local law enforcement if someone's Facebook activity suggests he or she is in immediate danger of self-harm. ❋ Kaitlin Bell Barnett (2012)

MSG Papakie responded by telling me that there was nothing I could do to downgrade my detainee status and that the brig simply considered me a risk of self-harm. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But if the classical ballet subculture might lead to eating disorders and self-harm then that's something very important we should be flagging up. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Is the character selfishly manipulative or sadistic (e.g. threatens self-harm, lies, blackmails, etc. in order to get her/his way)? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of course, he might self-harm so he goes in the padded room in his very own straitjacket and is spoon fed pap for the duration. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

It compounds their problems and distress, leading in some cases to extreme self-harm and suicide. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Despite a lifetime of battling bipolar depression, PTSD, and all the other mental illnesses, compulsions, bad habits, and superstitions that one can only hope to have in one lifetime, I am actually kind of okay all the time now, with no haunting depression or negative thoughts of suicide or self-harm clouding my brain any longer. ❋ Roseanne Barr (2011)

And then from there build up to the things I did to try to cope with and medicate those issues: self-harm the cutting and drinking. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Filmed and edited in the "found footage" style popularized by The Blair Witch Project, Chronicle follows the boys as they play with and explore their new abilities like the teenagers they are, using them to pull pranks that evoke the style and spirit of MTV's "Jackass" show, which taught the YouTube generation the entertainment value of self-harm and crudely executed stunts. ❋ Jonathan Kim (2012)

The internal chaos is so strong that many self-harm (cutting, burning, intentionally or not evil themselves) in an attempt to get the most pain in a physical form. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I will discuss self-harm as a form of communication in my next post. ❋ David Leibow (2010)

Meanwhile, more than 100 parents on the drug-rating web site askapatient.com report the symptoms the Merck/Scholastic sales piece warns about: Singulair caused hyperactivity, tantrums, depression, crying, school trouble, facial tics, strange eye movements and self-harm in their children, some as young as one. ❋ Martha Rosenberg (2011)

Sir Declan made the ruling because "potential internet disclosure could increase the threat of self-harm or suicide". ❋ Unknown (2011)

Murdoch refused to describe the device or release further details, though police did say they do not consider the case an incident of "self-harm." ❋ Unknown (2011)

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