Cutting Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation - Steven Levenkron Kartoniert (TB)

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.