Youth and Self-Injury
Offers information on youth and self-injury, including reasons for self-harm and warning signs
Non-suicidal Self Injury in Youth (NSSI)
Provides general information about self-injury, as well as information and resource for families, youth, and professionals.
Self-Harm
Information on what is self-harm, why do people self-harm, alternatives to self-harming, tips on how to stop self-harming and self care & support.
Self Injury Outreach and Support
Information and support on self injury in young people, sponsored by several Canadian researchers with expertise in this area.
Visions - Young People: Self Injury
This issue provides a wide perspective on self injury from inspiring personal stories to the shared knowledge and insight of family and professionals.
Self-injury: Kelty's Recommended Resources
In this collection developed by the Kelty Centre, you will find a list of recommended resources for parents/caregivers to learn more about self-injury including websites, online tools, guides, books and provincial support services.
Self-Injury and Recovery Resources
These resources were developed to advance your understanding of self-injury among youth and adults. A wide variety of topics have all been translated into user friendly materials for individuals who self-injure as well as those who live with, care about, and work with them.
Calm Harm
This free app provides tasks to help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm; these include: Comfort, Distract, Express Yourself, Release, and Breathe. Calm Harm uses the basic principles of an evidence-based therapy called Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT).
Self-Harm: What Families Need to Know
In this episode from the Kelty Centre's Where You Are podcast, we speak to a youth who has lived experience with self-harm, and a clinical counsellor who has supported many youth who have self-harmed. Walk away from this episode with a greater understanding of why youth self-harm and what parents can do to support their child.