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Title

Understanding nonsuicidal self-injury : origins, assessment, and treatment / edited by Matthew K. Nock.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nock, Matthew.
• American Psychological Association.

Description

xiii, 337 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the deliberate damaging of one's own body in the absence of any intent to die. Although reports of this behavior span centuries, reported instances of NSSI have increased dramatically over the past 20 years. This authoritative book provides new information about why this behavior occurs and what evidence-based assessment and treatments are available. Editor Matthew K. Nock has compiled a comprehensive overview of NSSI written by leading theorists, researchers, and clinicians in the field. Drawing on the historical, biological, cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal literature, the contributors help to provide answers to some key questions: How prevalent is NSSI? What is its history? Does it occur more frequently among youth? Among females? What influences its occurrence? And, most important, how can mental health professionals help those who self-injure? The result is a monumental and highly accessible study of NSSI. Understanding Non-suicidal Self-Injury: Origins, Assessment, and Treatment is a must-read for both researchers and clinicians, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and all who wish to help those who struggle with this disturbing behavior.

Subject

• Self-injurious behavior
• Self-torture
• Self-mutilation
• Self-Injurious Behavior > psychology
• Self-Injurious Behavior > therapy
• Self-Injurious Behavior
• Self Mutilation
• Self-torture
• Self-mutilation
• Self-injurious behavior
• comportement autodestructeur > évaluation
• automutilation > comportement autodestructeur
• comportement autodestructeur > traitement
• Självskadebeteende

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Nonsuicidal self-injury : definition and classification / Matthew K. Nock and Armando R. Favazza -- A cultural understanding of nonsuicidal self-injury / Armando R. Favazza -- Epidemiology and phenomenology of nonsuicidal self-injury / Karen Rodham and Keith Hawton -- Psychological models of nonsuicidal self-injury / Matthew K. Nock and Christine B. Cha -- Interpersonal models of nonsuicidal self-injury / Mitchell J. Prinstein ... [et al.] -- Biological models of nonsuicidal self-injury / Leo Sher and Barbara Stanley -- Developmental pathways from child maltreatment to nonsuicidal self-injury / Tuppett M. Yates -- Media, the internet, and nonsuicidal self-injury / Janis Whitlock, Amanda Purington, and Marina Gershkovich -- Nonsuicidal self-injury among people with developmental disabilities / James K. Luiselli -- Assessment of nonsuicidal self-injury / E. David Klonsky and Anna Weinberg -- Cognitive therapy for nonsuicidal self-injury / Cory F. Newman -- Behavior therapy for nonsuicidal self-injury / Thomas R. Lynch and Caroline Cozza -- Special issues in treating adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury / Alec L. Miller, Jennifer J. Muehlenkamp, and Colleen M. Jacobson -- Residential treatment of nonsuicidal self-injury / Barent W. Walsh and Leonard A. Doerfler -- Psychopharmacologic treatment of nonsuicidal self-injury / Curt A. Sandman.

ISBN

• 9781433804366
• 1433804360
• 9781433818882
• 1433818884

LCCN

2008039895

OCLC

• ocn252920963
• 252920963
• SCSB-9813897

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library