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THE SCARLET LETTER
WRITTEN BY: NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE BY : KAILEY ROY
How does self-harm among teens threaten society?
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In the article, “Deliberate Self-Harm in Nonclinical Population: Prevalence and Psychological Correlates” the authors, David Klonsky, Eric Turkheimer, and Thomas Oltmanns, present you with facts regarding different forms of depression and different side effects of depression as well. They discuss self-harm behaviors and how to help stop someone from carrying out these behaviors. This article can be found on a website named Psychiatry Online.
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Facts
The research that was conducted to write this article focused mostly on clinical and forensic populations. Participants included 1,968 military recruits who were participating in the study of peer assessment of personality traits and pathology. The results admitted that 4% of the participants reported past self-harm issues. They concluded that, “about one of every 25 members of a large group of relatively high-functioning nonclinical subjects reported a history of self-harm” (Klonsky, Turkheimer, Oltmanns).
The research that was conducted to write this article focused mostly on clinical and forensic populations. Participants included 1,968 military recruits who were participating in the study of peer assessment of personality traits and pathology. The results admitted that 4% of the participants reported past self-harm issues. They concluded that, “about one of every 25 members of a large group of relatively high-functioning nonclinical subjects reported a history of self-harm” (Klonsky, Turkheimer, Oltmanns).
Effecting society
Individuals who self-harm do so because they feel that they cannot turn to anyone for help. They think that it is the only way to relieve themselves of the pain that they feel internally. Because of this, some more serious self-harm issues may even turn into suicide. Society is losing citizens because they feel that they have no one to turn to and as a society, we are failing these people. We may be losing future doctors and teachers all because these individuals feel that they have no one to turn to.
The self-harm in this section relates to Mr. Dimmesdale’s self-harm in the novel.
Individuals who self-harm do so because they feel that they cannot turn to anyone for help. They think that it is the only way to relieve themselves of the pain that they feel internally. Because of this, some more serious self-harm issues may even turn into suicide. Society is losing citizens because they feel that they have no one to turn to and as a society, we are failing these people. We may be losing future doctors and teachers all because these individuals feel that they have no one to turn to.
The self-harm in this section relates to Mr. Dimmesdale’s self-harm in the novel.
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How to help
You can help by just reaching out to people. Checking up on different people once and a while. If we can establish a habit of checking on fellow people, the self-harm issue would fall. And if psychologists wish to continue to further research on people who self harm, this article states that the next steps that need to be taken is to, “development of a detailed clinical interview to assess the presence, phenomenology, and functions of deliberate self-harm“ (Klonsky, Turkheimer, Oltmanns).
You can help by just reaching out to people. Checking up on different people once and a while. If we can establish a habit of checking on fellow people, the self-harm issue would fall. And if psychologists wish to continue to further research on people who self harm, this article states that the next steps that need to be taken is to, “development of a detailed clinical interview to assess the presence, phenomenology, and functions of deliberate self-harm“ (Klonsky, Turkheimer, Oltmanns).
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Correlation to the Novel
This idea of self-harm directly correlates to the novel through Mr. Dimmesdale’s self-harm. Mr. Dimmesdale needed help when he was harming himself and he felt like he had no one to turn to. Sadly, like we have discussed, this is how most people feel. Hopefully in the future, with more scientific research, we can figure out even more effective ways to help individuals who self-harms Dan make them feel safer.
This idea of self-harm directly correlates to the novel through Mr. Dimmesdale’s self-harm. Mr. Dimmesdale needed help when he was harming himself and he felt like he had no one to turn to. Sadly, like we have discussed, this is how most people feel. Hopefully in the future, with more scientific research, we can figure out even more effective ways to help individuals who self-harms Dan make them feel safer.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Ticknor and Fields, 1850.
E. David Klonsky, M.A., Thomas F. Oltmanns, Ph.D., and Eric Turkheimer, Ph.D. “Deliberate Self-Harm in Nonclinical Population: Prevalence and Psychological Correlates.” The American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, American Psychiatric Association, 1 August 2003, 1
E. David Klonsky, M.A., Thomas F. Oltmanns, Ph.D., and Eric Turkheimer, Ph.D. “Deliberate Self-Harm in Nonclinical Population: Prevalence and Psychological Correlates.” The American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, American Psychiatric Association, 1 August 2003, 1501-1508, Psychiatry Online, https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.160.8.1501, 18 September, 2020.
