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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