Bodies under siege : self-mutilation, nonsuicidal self-injury, and body modification in culture and psychiatry /
Favazza, Armando R.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-322 and index.
Mutilative 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.
Self-mutilation.
Cultural psychiatry.
Psychiatry, Transcultural.