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Senate Resolution No. 40
(By Senators Sprouse, By Request, Stollings, Foster and Kessler)
Designating March 1, 2007, as "Self-Injury Awareness Day".
Whereas, Self-injury, also called self-harm, self-inflicted
violence or self-mutilation, is a coping mechanism used by an
estimated one percent of the United States population; and
Whereas, Self-injury is seldom talked about and often
misunderstood, resulting in those who self-injure being treated
unfairly or insensitively by police, doctors, therapists and
emergency personnel; and
Whereas, Self-injurers, despite public perceptions, are
generally not psychotic and present little danger to others; and
Whereas, Effective treatments for self-harm do exist, although
many professionals may not be aware of them; and
Whereas, Raising professional and public awareness of the
facts about self-injury will help dispel the fears, myths and
taboos that surround the subject that make it difficult for the
people who self-injure to obtain effective help; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate:
That the Senate hereby designates March 1, 2007, as "Self-
Injury Awareness Day"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward
a copy of this resolution to the American Self-Harm Information Clearinghouse.
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