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Author: Dr. Armando R. Favazza MD
Edition: 2nd
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0801852994

Bodies under Siege: Self-mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry

Although instances of deliberate skin-cutting are recorded as far back as the old and New Testaments of the Bible the behavior has generally been regarded as a symptom of various mental disorders. Get Bodies under Siege diet books 2013 for free.
With the publication of Bodies Under Siege, a book described in the New York Times Magazine (July 17, 1997) as "the first to comprehensively explore self-mutilation," Dr. Armando Favazza has pioneered the study of the behavior as significant and meaningful unto itself. Drawing from the latest case studies from clinical psychiatry he broadens our understanding of self-mutilation and body modification and explores their surprising connections to the elemental experiences of healing, religions, salvation, and social balance.Favazza makes sense out of se Check Bodies under Siege our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.