Researchers at Curtin University are conducting a study which aims to help young people who currently engage in self-injury. What is Self-injury? Lots of people use self-injury to cope with stress, anxiety or depression. Self-injury is commonly used as a way of coping with intense negative emotions and can involve cutting, burning or carving the skin and hitting or banging the self or hard objects
. What does the study involve and who is eligible? We are looking for young people aged 18-25 years who have self-injured in the last 12 months. An initial phone interview will be conducted and if eligible you will be offered an 8 week group therapy program starting in March 2015. There is no cost to take part in the program. Participants will have the chance to earn up to $100 in iTunes vouchers for completing the assessment tasks associated with the treatment. To register your interest in this program please contact Sonia on 9266 7686 or [email protected]
This study has been approved by the Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee Approval number: HR22/2015 Should participants wish to make a complaint on ethical grounds (phone: 9266 2784 or [email protected] or in writing C/- Office of Research and Development, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845.
