A Bright Red Scream
Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain
Published on 28. October 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-14-028053-1 (ISBN)
Description
Self-mutilation is a behaviour so shocking that it is almost never discussed. Yet millions of people all over the world are chronic self-injurers. They are people who use knives, razor blades, or broken glass to cut themselves and their numbers include Johnny Depp and the late Princess Diana. In this groundbreaking work - an essential resource for victims, parents and therapists - Strong explores this hidden epidemic through case studies, research from psychologists, trauma experts, and the cutters thenmselves. It is a compelling tour of the trauma and science of self-injury.
Reviews / Votes
"I read a book called A Bright Red Scream, and read about people's emotional release that comes with the cutting. It's a very complicated issue, and if anyone's curious, I highly recommend that book, because it's beautifully written and people are so candid." -Amy Adams, in Entertainment Weekly on her role in Sharp Objects"A compelling tour of the trauma and science of self-injury" -Time
"A Bright Red Scream is thick with scientific studies, up-to-date research and-most important-tender . . . portraits of real-life cutters." -New York Post
"Riveting and dynamically written, this book is an important addition to psychological literature." -Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
"An imporessive complement to Mary Pipher's bestselling explication of the woes of adolescent girls, Reviving Ophelia." -Booklist
"A Bright Red Scream has the hallmark of a classic work on a topic that [is] impossible to ignore." -San Diego Tribune
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
316 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-028053-1 (9780140280531)
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Other editions
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E-Book
10/1999
Penguin Books
€12.49
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Person
Marilee Strong has written for the Atlanta Constitution and San Diego Union. The recipient of a Pulitzer Fellowship to report on child victims of war trauma, she has won a National Headliner Award and a Society for Professional Journalists Excellence Award. She lives in Oakland, California.
Content
A Bright Red ScreamAcknowledgments
Introduction by Armandao R. Favazza, M.D.
Preface
1. The Walking Wounded
2. Into the Void
3. The Secret Language of Pain: The Psychology of Cutting
4. The Unkindest Cut of All: The Legacy of Childhood Sexual Abuse
5. The Body Keeps Score: The Psychobiology of Trauma
6. The Hunger Within: Eating Disorders, Body Alienation, and Self-Mutilation
7. A Walk on the Wild Side
8. Beyond the Pain: Hope and Healing from Self-Injury
9. A Safe Place
Notes
Resources
Index
Introduction by Armandao R. Favazza, M.D.
Preface
1. The Walking Wounded
2. Into the Void
3. The Secret Language of Pain: The Psychology of Cutting
4. The Unkindest Cut of All: The Legacy of Childhood Sexual Abuse
5. The Body Keeps Score: The Psychobiology of Trauma
6. The Hunger Within: Eating Disorders, Body Alienation, and Self-Mutilation
7. A Walk on the Wild Side
8. Beyond the Pain: Hope and Healing from Self-Injury
9. A Safe Place
Notes
Resources
Index