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"The second edition of the fascinating but gruesome Bodies Under Siege by Armando R. Favazza explores the various ways in which people mutilate their bodies. Favazza explores the historical background and offers insights into how and why people do truly appalling things to their limbs, heads, and genitals. He pleads for understanding for a group of patients who are often seen as bizarre and repellent." -- New Scientist
"Some young Americans who go in for body modifications say their motives are spiritual or arise from tribal origins... But Favazza says he thinks there are 'tremendous parallels' between body modification and self-injurious behavior." -- Chicago Tribune
"A compendium of cultural and clinical reports of self-mutilation and a summary of what is and what is not known about therapy, the book is a major contribution to both the anthropological and psychiatric literature. I know that having read it I will see my next self-mutilating patient through more insightful and compassionate eyes." -- Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders
"A comprehensive historical, anthropological, ethnological, and clinical account of self-mutilation." -- Journal of the American Medical Association
"A successful education of the grim clinical reality of self-mutilation. We will be reading much more about self-mutilative behavior in the coming years, and this book is the place to begin." -- Psychosomatics
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.
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EUR 5,17
In U.S.A.
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good with no dust jacket. Second Edition. This is the second edition. 373 pages. ; 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 ". Codice articolo 100582