Bodies Under Siege: Self-Mutilation, Nonsuicidal Self-Injury, and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry Contributor(s): Favazza, Armando R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801899664 ISBN-13: 9780801899669 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Medical | Psychiatry - General |
Dewey: 616.858 |
LCCN: 2010025284 |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.06" W x 8.97" (1.05 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Mentally Challenged |
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Publisher Description: A quarter century after it was first published, Bodies under Siege remains the classic, authoritative book on self-mutilation. Now in its third edition, this invaluable work is updated throughout with findings from hundreds of new studies, discussions of new models of self-injury, an assessment of the S.A.F.E. (Self Abuse Finally Ends) program, and the Bill of Rights for People Who Self-harm. Armando Favazza's pioneering work identified a wide range of forces, many of them cultural and societal, that compel or impel people to mutilate themselves. This new edition examines the explosive growth in the incidence of self-injurious behaviors and body modification practices. Favazza critically assesses new and significant biological, ethnological, social, and psychological findings regarding self-injury; presents current understandings of self-injurious acts from cultural and clinical perspectives; and places self-mutilation in historical and contemporary context. |
Contributor Bio(s): Favazza, Armando R.: - Armando Favazza, M.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is a fellow of both the American Psychiatric Association and the American College of Psychiatrists and is a co-founder of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture. |