Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Compulsive Behaviour, Pathological Psychology, Family & Relationships, Adolescence
| Author: | Steven Levenkron | ISBN: | 9780393244618 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company | Publication: | May 17, 1999 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Steven Levenkron |
| ISBN: | 9780393244618 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication: | May 17, 1999 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Language: | English |
A seminal work on treating self-mutilation, revised and updated with illuminating case studies and newly available resources.
Nearly a decade ago, Cutting boldly addressed a traumatic psychological disorder now affecting as many as two million Americans and one in fifty adolescents. More than that, it revealed self-mutilation as a comprehensible, treatable disorder, no longer to be evaded by the public and neglected by professionals. Using copious examples from his practice, Steven Levenkron traces the factors that predispose a personality to self-mutilation: genetics, family experience, childhood trauma, and parental behavior. Written for sufferers, parents, friends, and therapists, Cutting explains why the disorder manifests in self-harming behaviors and describes how patients can be helped.
A seminal work on treating self-mutilation, revised and updated with illuminating case studies and newly available resources.
Nearly a decade ago, Cutting boldly addressed a traumatic psychological disorder now affecting as many as two million Americans and one in fifty adolescents. More than that, it revealed self-mutilation as a comprehensible, treatable disorder, no longer to be evaded by the public and neglected by professionals. Using copious examples from his practice, Steven Levenkron traces the factors that predispose a personality to self-mutilation: genetics, family experience, childhood trauma, and parental behavior. Written for sufferers, parents, friends, and therapists, Cutting explains why the disorder manifests in self-harming behaviors and describes how patients can be helped.
