| Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation Contributor(s): Levenkron, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393319385 ISBN-13: 9780393319385 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: The author of the seminal and groundbreaking "Treating and Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa" now explains the phenomena of self-mutilation, a disorder that affects as many as two million Americans. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Compulsive Behavior - General |
| Dewey: 616.858 |
| LCCN: 2008270246 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.32" W x 7.98" (0.53 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Levenkron, Steven: - Steven Levenkron is a psychotherapist and the author of seven previous books, including Cutting and The Anatomy of Anorexia. He lives and practices in New York City. |