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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792381903321

Titolo

Managing self harm : psychological perspectives / / edited by Anna Motz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

1-135-45004-8

1-135-45005-6

1-282-59538-5

9786612595387

0-203-87578-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MotzAnna <1964->

Disciplina

616.85/82

616.8582

Soggetti

Self-mutilation

Self-destructive behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-220) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Understanding self-harm; Chapter 1 Self-harm as a sign of hope; Chapter 2 The paradox of self-harm; Part 2 The wider context: Systemic issues and self-harm; Chapter 3 `Why do you treat me this way?': Reciprocal violence and the mythology of `deliberate self-harm'; Chapter 4 The trap: Self-harm and young people in foster care and residential settings; Chapter 5 Self-harm and attachment; Part 3 Women and self-harm; Chapter 6 Speaking with the body

Chapter 7 Absences, transitions and endings: Threats to successful treatmentChapter 8 Self-harm in women's secure services: Reflections and strategies for treatment design; Chapter 9 Self-harm cessation in secure settings; Conclusion: `If you prick us do we not bleed?'; Further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Self-harm often arises at moments of despair or emotional intensity, and its reasons are not necessarily available to the conscious mind.  Managing Self-Harm explores the meaning and impact of self-harm,



and the sense in which it is a language of the body. It is designed to help clinicians, people who self-harm and their families and carers to understand its causes, meaning and treatment.Each chapter integrates theory with clinical illustration, enabling the direct experiences of those who self-harm to be heard and reflecting the populations that are most likely to self-har

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784689103321

Autore

Staden Hans <ca. 1525-ca. 1576., >

Titolo

Hans Staden : the true history of his captivity : 1557 / / Hans Staden ; translated and edited by Malcolm Letts, with an introduction and notes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-28542-6

1-134-28543-4

1-280-17813-2

9786610178131

0-203-34003-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

The Broadway travellers ; ; 26

Altri autori (Persone)

LettsMalcolm Henry Ikin <1882->

Disciplina

910.92

918.10432092

Soggetti

Indians of South America - Brazil

Tupinamba Indians

Brazil Description and travel

America Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-175) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; PREFACE; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; NOTE TO INTRODUCTION; HANS STADEN'S INTRODUCTION; DR. DRYANDER'S INTRODUCTION; THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK; PART ONE; PART TWO; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

'The Broadway Travellers contains few more exciting stories than that of Staden.' Sunday Times'The present translation of his adventures among the Brazilian cannibals, with which the gruesome original



woodcuts are included, now make Staden's story available to a larger public...'New StatesmanThe first part of the book is a straightforward account of the author's personal experiences. The second part is a detailed treatise on the customs of the Tupinambá, their polity, trade, religion, manufactures and warlike undertakings, and of the flora and fauna of the country. In