1. Self-injury on the rampage -- 2. Special populations, special concerns : teenagers most at risk -- 3. Developmental challenges in adolescence : the agony, the ecstasy, the cell phone, and the Internet -- 4. Why teens self-injure : doing all the wrong things for the right reasons -- 5. Laying the foundation for intervention : composure, compassion, and comprehension -- 6. Professional treatment of self-injury : understanding the therapeutic process -- 7. Specialized approaches and adjuncts in treating self-injury -- 8. The brain as an attitude pharmacy : neurochemical roles and remedies in self-injury -- 9. Intervention in action : how it works -- 10. Stepping up to the plate : how parents can help -- 11. Health and happiness are verbs : the responsibilities of the adolescent in treatment -- 12. Depathologizing adolescent self-injury : cutting on a continuum -- Conclusions : reconceptualizing cutting.