- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Virago Press Ltd (17 Feb 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1860497543
- ISBN-13: 978-1860497544
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 523,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Publishers Weekly
'An important addition to psychological literature'
LILLIAN B. RUBIN, author of THE TRANSCENDENT CHILD
'This beautifully written, sensitively told account of people who mutilate themselves is filled with riveting stories...
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant,
By byzanne (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Bright Red Scream: Self-mutilation and the Language of Pain (A Virago V) (Paperback)
Having self-harmed myself, though cutting was not my main way of doing so, and working with people who do, I found this book very insightful. Its strength is that the author listens and quotes the people who self-harm, sees them as people not as cases, and offers a variety of explanations, theories etc. She comes at it as someone interested not as someone whose job it is to cure. I find this a very positive and helpful approach. In my own work, I do not focus on stopping someone's self-harming but am interested in them as whole people - and in the long run, that is what helps people, whether or not they stop cutting etc. This book should be read by everyone who has any connection to anyone who self-harms - especially anyone who is a professional and thinks they know it all. And of course to anyone who does self-harm, or cares about someone who does
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Honest and clearly explained but retains feeling and emotion,
By Michelle Harris (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Bright Red Scream: Self-mutilation and the Language of Pain (A Virago V) (Paperback)
As someone who knew of cutting as a desperate slash across the wrists and never considered my own forms of self harm as anything worth a second thought this book book really opened my eyes. Some parts hit very close to home and can make reading difficult, even emotionally painful, but it is worth persevering. Marilee Strong has researched this well and has found plenty of facts and a variety of schools of thought on the causes and treatment of all kinds of self harm and explains them in a way for the average layperson to understand with dumbing down the scientific nature of this research. The case studies bring the book alive, making it seem like a true story (which it is) as opposed to an acedemics text. This book reveals how common self harm is and shows it in many lights - from teenagers who long to stop to the middle aged who are comfortable harming as part of their lifestyle. The likely causes are also examined along with methods of helping 'cure' self harm but never is there any mention of 'wrong' or 'bad' nor is there any suggestion that those who do not harm for the examined reasons or respond to the recommended treatments are fakes or any less of a 'cutter' than a textbook example. I like the way this book is very human, full of feeling and emotion and examing individuals as part of a whole instead of a whole into which the individuals must fit. Marilee Strong has done a wonderful job of a difficult and controversial subject, i recommend this book for all psychologists, teachers and social workers (as well as anyone who does harm or knows someone who does) - it is an invaluable insight into some of the problems of life and how they can manifest themselves.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Bright Red Scream,
By A Customer
This review is from: A Bright Red Scream: Self-mutilation and the Language of Pain (Paperback)
I am a foster carer and came across my first case of self harm/mutilation. I was scared and ignorant, i found this book gave me an understanding of the reasons why people self harm and took away the myth of it being just attention seeking. the book is well written and easy to read. It helped me when I could not get advice or knowledge else where. the book gave me the confidence to help the young person and also to do it without fear or judgement. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who deals with or needs an understanding of self harm.
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