Learn How To Treat Other People: Management Strategies For Self-Harm

Basically, any behavior that causes harm or injury to someone as a way to deal with difficult emotions can be seen as self-harm.



This book shows the controversial issue of allowing self-harm in institutions. It refers to management strategies for self-harm that strive to reduce or limit, rather than stop, the behavior. Potential strategies include offering advice on safer places to injure, providing sharp implements, or materials to dress wounds. Moreover, the book examines whether the approach is ethical and moral; in other words, consistent with how people should live their own lives and treat other people.



Whether you approach someone you are worried about, or someone opens up to you about their self-harm, it is important that you respond in a non-judgemental, caring, and respectful way. In this case, you should try to see the person and the reasons they have harmed themselves rather than focusing on the behaviors.



In addition, this book was used to complement the theoretical analysis of the key moral concepts “autonomy”, “responsibility” and “harm” and was integrated into the author's own arguments, in order to provide recommendations for action.