RECOMMENDED READINGS ON SELF-MUTILATION

Alderman, T. The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted Violence. Oakland: New Harbinger, 1997.

Favazza, A. R. Bodies Under Siege: Self Mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

Hawton, K. “Self-Cutting: Can It Be Prevented?” In K. Hawton and P. J. Crown, eds., Dilemmas and Difficulties in the Management of Psychiatric Patients. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Huebner, Hans. Endorphins, Eating Disorders, and Other Addictive Behaviors. New York: W. W. Norton, 1993.

Kernberg, O. F. Severe Personality Disorders: Psychotherapeutic Strategies. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.

Levenkron, S. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders. New York: Warner Books, 1991.

———. The Luckiest Girl in theWorld. New York: Scribner, 1997.

———. Treating and Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa. 2nd ed. New York: Warner Books, 1997.

Luiselli, J. K., J. L. Matson, and N. N. Singh, eds. Self-Injurious Behavior: Analysis, Assessment, and Treatment. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1992.

Miller, D. Women Who Hurt Themselves: A Book of Hope and Understanding. New York: Basic Books, 1994.

Pipher, M. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. New York: Ballantine Books, 1994.

Strong, Marilee. A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain. New York: Penguin Books, 1998.

Walsh, B.W., and P. M. Rosen. Self-Mutilation: Theory, Research, and Treatment. New York: Guilford Press, 1988.