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Managing self harm : psychological perspectives

Motz, Anna(Edited by)
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Self-harm often arises at moments of despair or emotional intensity, and its reasons are not necessarily available to the conscious mind.

Managing Self-Harm explores the meaning and impact of self-harm, and the sense in which it is a language of the body.

It is designed to help clinicians, people who self-harm and their families and carers to understand its causes, meaning and treatment. Each chapter integrates theory with clinical illustration, enabling the direct experiences of those who self-harm to be heard and reflecting the populations that are most likely to self-harm.

The contributors are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds, including clinical psychology, psychotherapy, group analysis and psychiatric nursing. Areas of discussion include: self-harm and young people in foster care and residential settingsself-harm in women's secure servicesself-harm in people diagnosed with personality disorderThis book does not offer a prescription for self-harm cessation but rather describes therapeutic approaches to working with self-harm, and outlines the complex, subtle and meaningful interactions between those who engage in self-harm and those who seek to understand it.

With a specialist interest in women's self-harm, Managing Self-Harm will be essential reading for all mental health professionals, including clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses and social workers.

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
1583917055 / 9781583917053
Paperback / softback
03/07/2009
United Kingdom
English
xiii, 232 p. : 1 ill.
22 cm
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