Author: Steven Levenkron
Paperback:
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 10: 0393319385
ISBN 13: 978-0393319385
Hardcover:
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
ISBN 10: 0393027414
ISBN 13: 978-0393027419
Paperback:
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 10: 0393319385
ISBN 13: 978-0393319385
Hardcover:
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
ISBN 10: 0393027414
ISBN 13: 978-0393027419
A seminal work on treating self-mutilation, revised and updated with illuminating case studies and newly available resources.
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.