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SACO Form
Cutting (Self-mutilation)

Date
4/26/2008

008/06
May subd geog OR no decision

053
$aRC552
$aRJ506

150
$aCutting (Self-Mutilation)

450
$aCutting

450
$aSelf-injury

450
$aTorture of self

550
$aSelf-mutilation

550
$aSelf-torture

670 (Sources)
$aCutting, viewed April 26, 2008:$uhttp://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/cutting.html

670 (Sources)
$aSelf-injury/cutting, viewed April 26, 2008:$uhttp://www.mayoclinic.com/health/self-injury/DS00775

670 (Sources)

$aCutting & Self-Harm: Warning Signs and Treatment, viewed April 26, 2008:$uhttp://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/cutting-self-harm-signs-treatment

680 (Scope note)

$aCutting (Self-mutilation)

$iHere are entered works on behaviors by which individuals, usually adolescents, cut themselves as a means of self-injury, but not a suicide attempt.

952 (LC Records that should be changed)

99019764 (Cutting the pain away : understanding self-mutilation / Ann Holmes. 2000)

2007028156 (Self-mutilation / Mary E. Williams, book editor. 2008)

2008270246 (Cutting : understanding and overcoming self-mutilation / Steven Levenkron. 2006)

2006038640 (Bleeding to ease the pain : cutting, self-injury, and the adolescent search for self / Lori G. Plante ; foreword by Chris Hayward. 2007)

2005008381 (Addictions and risky behaviors : cutting, bingeing, snorting, and other dangers / Renee C. Rebman. 2006)

Additional comments:
550 $aSelf-destructive behavior
550 $aMalingering
550 $aMutilation
550 $aSelf-torture

Please also see 680 scope note for self-mutilation.

[$aSelf-mutilation
$iHere are entered works on behaviors by which individuals intentionally cause damage to their bodies. Works on stereotyped behaviors by which individuals unintentionally cause damage to their bodies are entered under Self-injurious behavior. Works on nonstereotyped behaviors and cognitions by which individuals directly or indirectly cause harm to themselves are entered under Self-destructive behavior.]