A Bright Red Scream
Self-mutilation and the Language of Pain
Marilee Strong(Author)
Virago Press Ltd
Published on 17. February 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-86049-754-4 (ISBN)
Description
An investigation of why so many people deliberately hurt themselves and what can be done to help them. The illness "outed" on a global scale when Princess Diana admitted hurting herself deliberately, and continues to be practised mainly by middle-class women who start in their teens and self-harm throughout their lives. Most cutters are women who have been emotionally, sexually or physically abused as children, but Marilee Strong's research shows that self-mutilation also appears in other groups. There are powerful first-person stories, in which cutters describe their ritualistic methods and somewhat addictive cravings for seeing their own blood. Though research is in its infancy, therapists say there are now promising treatments - from medication to intensive psychotherapy - for the millions of "cutters". Strong reveals what the afflicted and those close to them can do to start a process of healing.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
notes, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86049-754-4 (9781860497544)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Marilee Strong, an award-winning journalist known for her groundbreaking 1993 article on self-mutilation, is the recipient of a Pulitzer Fellowship for her work on childhood victims of war trauma.
Content
The Walking Wounded; Into the Void; The Secret Language of Pain: The Psychology of Cutting; The Unkindest Cut of All: The Legacy of Childhood Sexual Abuse; The Body Keeps Score: The Psychobiology of Trauma; The Hunger Within: Eating Disorders, Body Alienation, and Self-Mutilation; A Walk on the Wild Side; Beyond the Pain: Hope and Healing from Self-Injury; A Safe Place.