Bodies Under Siege - Self Mutilation, Nonsuicidal Self Injury, Body Modification in

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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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• Autori: Armando Favazza, Armando R Favazza, Armando R. Favazza, Armando R. (Emeritus Professor Favazza, Favazza Armando R.
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.06.2011
• EAN: 9780801899669
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9966-9
• Pagine: 352
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche non cliniche; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica; Sozialpsychologie, Psychiatrie, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Psychiatry, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social, group or collective psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, self-harm;cutting;S.A.F.E. (Self Abuse Finally Ends)