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Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation | 
 enlarge | Author: Steven Levenkron
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 45673
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 269
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0393319385
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8582
EAN: 9780393319385
ASIN: 0393319385
Publication Date: September 14, 1998
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Product Description
A seminal work on treating self-mutilation, revised and updated with illuminating case studies and newly available drugs and resources.
Nearly a decade ago, Cutting boldly addressed a traumatic psychological disorder affecting as many as two million Americans. More than that, it revealed self-mutilation as a comprehendible, 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.
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 VERY GOOD September 7, 2008
So worth it. Get this book and learn everything you need to know to help your clients!
Self Injury February 19, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent look into self injury. Why it happens and how to heal.
A Fine Overview. January 8, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've known a lot of individuals who engaged in self-mutilating behaviors over the years but this is the first book that I've ever purchased specifically addressing the subject. In the past, I never delved too deeply into this particular area of mental illness, but I'm glad I did because Dr. Levenkron provides a thorough explanation concerning all aspects of cutting including what it is, how to identify it, characteristics of those afflicted with it, why they do it, what feelings in the patient the act brings about, and, most importantly, the recommended methods of treatment. For me, that's about all you can ask for in an introductory text. Something else that added to its instructional value are the case study examples. The client summaries were textured but not so long as to distract from the general discussion. Overall, it was a well-planned and executed work.
A good insight on cutting November 28, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is about people who cut and has ways to help cutters overcome their addiction to cutting as a means of escape and find better alternatives to this destructive lifestyle.
 Smelling Like Roses - Or Not July 19, 2006
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Levenkron approaches every patient he ever had with stern directness. While it's nice to have a no-nonsense attitude, he only includes patients with whom he's had success so that he comes out smelling like roses.
There is little solid implication that therapy is in development for self-harm, and it is irresponsible to present case history information with the idea that two pages per person (half of which is self-agrandizement) adequately expostulates their plights. This book, in my opinion, is a psychology disaster.
I urge people in therapy and also caregivers to take great care in diversifying research material beyond this book, but to read it anyway, if only to get a ground-idea about some of the twisted ideas and myths that float among therapists regarding the subject matter.
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