International experts who gathered at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ this week report an extraordinary surge in cases of non-suicidal self-injury by teenagers, apparently seeking release from the emotional distress of a detached world that is moving too fast and demanding too much. "Some people refer to it as the new anorexia," Nancy Heath, a professor in ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's department of educational psychology, told the Gazette.