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LEADER: 01782cam a2200385 a 4500
001 2010025284
003 DLC
005 20110709082901.0
008 100616s2011 mdua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010025284
020 $a9780801899652 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0801899656 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780801899669 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0801899664 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(DNLM)101533432
040 $aDNLM/DLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRC552.S4$bF38 2011
060 10 $aWM 165$bF272b 2011
082 00 $a616.85/82$222
100 1 $aFavazza, Armando R.
245 10 $aBodies under siege :$bself-mutilation, nonsuicidal self-injury, and body modification in culture and psychiatry /$cArmando Favazza.
250 $a3rd ed.
260 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2011.
300 $axv, 333 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-322 and index.
505 0 $aMutilative beliefs, attitudes, practices, and images -- Self-mutilation in myths of creation, shamanism, and religion -- Self-mutilation and eating disorders -- Animals and automutilation -- The head and its parts -- The limbs -- The skin -- The genitals -- Understanding self-mutilation and nonsuicidal self-injury : culturally sanctioned practices and pathological behavior -- The assessment, psychology, and biology of self-injury -- Treatment -- Personal reflections.
650 0 $aSelf-mutilation.
650 0 $aCultural psychiatry.
650 0 $aPsychiatry, Transcultural.
650 12 $aSelf Mutilation$xethnology.
650 12 $aSelf Mutilation$xtherapy.
650 22 $aBody Modification, Non-Therapeutic.
650 22 $aCross-Cultural Comparison.
650 22 $aEthnopsychology.