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Author Favazza, Armando R.

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

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Johns Hopkins University Press : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-322 and index.
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- PART I: MUTILATIVE BELIEFS, RELIGION, EATING, AND ETHOLOGY -- 1 Mutilative Beliefs, Attitudes, Practices, and Images -- 2 Self-mutilation in Myths of Creation, Shamanism, and Religion -- 3 Self-injury and Eating Disorders -- 4 Animals and Automutilation -- PART II: MUTILATION AND SELF-INJURY OF BODY PARTS: CULTURAL AND CLINICAL CASES -- 5 The Head and Its Parts -- 6 The Limbs -- 7 The Skin -- 8 The Genitals -- PART III: INSIGHT AND TREAMENT -- 9 Understanding Self-injury -- 10 The Assessment, Psychology, and Biology of Self-injury
11 Treatment -- 12 Personal Reflections -- Epilogue. Body Play: My Journey -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W
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Subject Self-mutilation.
Self-mutilation.
Cultural psychiatry.
Cultural psychiatry.
Psychiatry, Transcultural.
Psychiatry, Transcultural.
Cross-cultural studies.
Cross-cultural studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Original 9780801899652 0801899656 9780801899669 0801899664 (DLC) 2010025284 (OCoLC)643443142
ISBN 9781421401119 (electronic book)
1421401118 (electronic book)
9780801899652
0801899656
9780801899669
0801899664