Bodies Under Siege: Self-Mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry - Couverture rigide

Favazza, Armando R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801852994 ISBN 13 : 9780801852992

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This work analyzes the complex issues surrounding self-mutilation, drawing on case studies from clinical psychiatry and cultural anthropology to show that the phenomenon is deeply embedded culturally, and far more common than is often thought. Although body modification and blood rituals are shown to be common in many religions, rites-of-passage ceremonies, and therapeutic procedures, deviant self-mutilation, the author argues, is a distinct syndrome of impulse dyscontrol beginning in adolescence and often associated with eating disorders. According to the author, up to half of all female chronic self-mutilators have a history of anorexia or bulimia. This edition contains new information on the diagnosis and treatment of self-mutilation; the link between self-mutilation and eating disorders; and new research on the neurotransmitter serotonin, and associated advances in drug therapy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Armando R. 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. .

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801852994
• ISBN 13: 9780801852992
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible