Foreword / Preface -- Self-injury on the rampage -- Special populations, special concerns : teenagers most at risk -- Developmental challenges in adolescence : the agony, the ecstasy, the cell phone, and the Internet -- Why teens self-injure : doing all the wrong things for the right reasons -- Laying the foundation for intervention : composure, compassion, and comprehension -- Professional treatment of self-injury : understanding the therapeutic process -- Specialized approaches and adjuncts in treating self-injury -- brain as an attitude pharmacy : neurochemical roles and remedies in self-injury -- Intervention in action : how it works -- Stepping up to the plate : how parents can help -- Health and happiness are verbs : the responsibilities of the adolescent in treatment -- Depathologizing adolescent self-injury : cutting on a continuum -- Conclusions : reconceptualizing cutting -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the series editor and advisers.