TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Towards a new perspective on deliberate self-harm in an area of multiple deprivation
JO  - Sociology of health and illness
A1  - Redley, Marcus
SP  - 348
EP  - 373
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
N2  - Based on 50 qualitative interviews with people who have repeatedly taken overdoses, this paper presents a new perspective for understanding deliberate self-harm. The perspective is new in the sense that it (1) avoids over-reliance on risk factors and (2) places agency at the centre of the analysis to document how the respondents' artfully constructed accounts of their lives minimise agency and constitute life in a perpetual present.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0141-9889
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.00350
ID  - ref1
ER  -