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Bodies under Siege: Self-mutilation, Nonsuicidal Self-injury, and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry [Paperback]

Armando R. Favazza (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; third edition edition (6 April 2011)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0801899664
  • ISBN-13: 978-0801899669
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 336,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The book is very well written and extremely informative, and Favazza has produced a refreshingly honest and objective account of self-harming behaviour... There is much to be learned from this book and, for clinicians or academics working with people who self-harm, it is an invaluable resource.

(British Journal of Psychiatry )

Bodies Under Siege is an excellent book dealing with self-mutilation in depth and breadth. It is a clinical volume that should be of use to all in the mental health field. The book is also an anthropological contribution to the understanding of what it means to be human.

(Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease )

Bodies under Siege is an excellent book dealing with self-mutilation in depth and breadth. It is a clinical volume that should be of use to all in the mental health field. The book is also an anthropological contribution to the understanding of what it means to be human... I believe that this book will remain a classic in the psychiatric literature, and I recommend it to a wide audience.

(Arthur Freeman, MD Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease )

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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 2012)

The seminal book on [nonsuicidal self-injury]; presents a comprehensive historical, anthropological, and clinical review of the topic.

(Current Directions in Psychological Science 2012)

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 2012)

A comprehensive historical, anthropological, ethnological, and clinical account of self-mutilation.

(Journal of the American Medical Association )
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