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Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation
Artikel-Nr:
9780393319385
Veröffentl:
1999
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.05.1999
Seiten:
288
Autor:
Steven Levenkron
Gewicht:
304 g
Format:
210x139x17 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
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.