@article{ref1,
title="Self-harm as a means to manage the public and private selves: A qualitative study of help seeking by adults",
journal="Health psychology open",
year="2015",
author="Ogden, Jane and Bennett, Alice",
volume="2",
number="2",
pages="e2055102915605987-e2055102915605987",
abstract="Adults (n = 25) completed online free text boxes about their self-harming behaviour. Thematic analysis identified three dominant themes: 'managing the private self', 'managing the public self' and 'moving on'. Transcending these themes was the notion of thresholds of change. Self-harm enables people to manage both their private and public selves. When thresholds of change are surpassed, the public self communicates a need for help. Self-harm exists within a precarious balance of well-being and can be a form of self-care. Help seeking is instigated when this balance is disrupted and continued if it offers a better form of self-management than the individual's own self-harming behaviour.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2055-1029",
doi="10.1177/2055102915605987",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102915605987"
}