College/University - Ithaca, NY, US
We help understand, detect, treat, and prevent self-injury.Housed in the Bronfrenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR) at Cornell University, the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery (CRPSIR) focuses on generating new research and insight into self-injury. We also aim to translate the growing body of knowledge about self-injury into resources and tools useful for those seeking to better understand, treat, and prevent it. The program launched in 2003 to understand what was then widely believed to be a new and emerging behavior among youth and adults. Since that time we have conducted multiple studies on a wide variety of topics and have begun the process of translating what we and others have learned into user friendly materials for individuals who injure as well as those who live with, care about, and work with them.