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Cutting : Understanding and Overcoming Self-mutilation by Steven, 1941- Levenkron is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>The author of the seminal and groundbreaking <b>Treating and Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa</b> now explains the phenomena of self-mutilation, a disorder that affects as many as two million Americans.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>The psychotherapist whose books (including the novel The Best Little Girl in the World) have illuminated the nature and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anorexia nervosa and bulimia now shines the spotlight on another misunderstood behavioral disorder: self-mutilation. Levenkron begins by advising desensitization to the disturbing wounds, scars and blood-letting patients inflict upon themselves, redirecting focus toward the underlying issues. He likens cutting to OCD in that it is a compulsive act meant to relieve unbearable emotional pain, and to eating disorders in that it is a method of seizing control. Like anorexics, most cutters are girls, unable to express anger toward others, instead turning it against themselves. Levenkron is careful to explain that cutting is not the same as body piercing or tattooing, which reflect "adolescent trendiness," and that cutters are not suicidal, their wounds life-threatening only rarely and acci

Who reads Cutting : Understanding and Overcoming Self-mutilation?

Author

Steven, 1941- Levenkron

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393319385

Category

self-help

Subjects

Medical, Literary Fiction, Psychology

Rating

3.81 / 5 (1,653 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14