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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/82; 616.8582
• Soggetto topico: Self-mutilation; Self-destructive behavior
• Altri autori: MotzAnna <1964->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Managing self harm
• ISBN: 1-135-45004-8; 1-135-45005-6; 1-282-59538-5; 9786612595387; 0-203-87578-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792381903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II