Bodies under Siege: Self-mutilation, Nonsuicidal Self-injury, and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry

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JHU Press, May 2, 2011 - Psychology - 352 pages

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.

 

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Contents

MUTILATIVE BELIEFS RELIGION EATING AND ETHOLOGY
1
MUTILATION AND SELFINJURY OF BODY PARTS CULTURAL AND CLINICAL CASES
71
INSIGHT AND TREAMENT
195
My Journey
281
References
297
Index
323
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About the author (2011)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleBodies under Siege: Self-mutilation, Nonsuicidal Self-injury, and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry
Bodies under Siege
AuthorArmando R. Favazza
Edition3, illustrated
PublisherJHU Press, 2011
ISBN1421401118, 9781421401119
Length352 pages
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Medical / Psychiatry / General
Psychology / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Sociology / General
  
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