IN the fall of 2005, psychiatrist J. Anderson Thomson Jr. was treating an 18-year-old college freshman whom he describes as “intensely depressed, feeling suicidal and doing self-cutting.” A few years before, Thomson says, he would have interpreted her depression as anger turned inward. But instead he decided that her symptoms ...
self injurious behavior
I had the chance to work with a 14 year old teenager. He was born with cocaine withdrawal symptoms, has a mental age of approximately 6 years and severe behavioral issues.Something noteworthy was his extremely low tolerance to frustration. In other words, the word “NO”. Every denial of a request ...
