| Description |
xx, 232 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Armando R. Favazza -- 1. The Walking Wounded -- 2. Into the Void -- 3. The Secret Language of Pain: The Psychology of Cutting -- 4. The Unkindest Cut of All: The Legacy of Childhood Sexual Abuse -- 5. The Body Keeps Score: The Psychobiology of Trauma -- 6. The Hunger Within: Eating Disorders, Body Alienation, and Self-Mutilation -- 7. A Walk On the Wild Side -- 8. Beyond the Pain: Hope and Healing from Self-Injury -- 9. A Safe Place |
| Summary |
"In A Bright Red Scream, Marilee Strong explodes the myths and stereotypes that have led many therapists to misdiagnose and mistreat cutters as failed suicides or masochists. Through interviews with dozens of psychiatrists, doctors, researchers, clinicians, and cutters, Strong explains how cutting can become a powerful coping mechanism for dealing with overwhelming emotional pain and gaining control over an out-of-control mind and body. She presents startling new biological research - including evidence of profound changes in brain chemistry and structure as a result of exposure to childhood trauma - that may explain why cutting is even more difficult to give up than alcohol or drug addictions or eating disorders. Finally, Strong includes information on what people with the affliction and those close to them can do to start the process of healing."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [216]-226) and index |
| Subject |
Self-mutilation -- Case studies.
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Self-mutilation.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| LC no. |
98028372 |
| ISBN |
0670877816 (alk. paper) |
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