INDEX

abandonment

abuse:

acceptance of

age and

anger and

attachment and

chronic

emotional

as “form of love,”

frequency of

love and

physical

relationships based on

responsibility for

severity of

sexual

verbal

achievement

acting out

adolescents:

attachment and

dating by

drinking by

parental relationship with

peer pressure on

sexuality of

trendiness of

affect:

lack of

see also emotions

alcoholism

alienation

American Psychiatric Association

amnesia

anger:

abuse and

depression and

expression of

in families

fear and

fits of

guilt and

internalization of

repression of

self-mutilation as act of

transference of

anorexia nervosa

antidepressants

anxiety:

anticipatory

compensation for

depression and

hereditary factors in

medications for

neurological factors in

repression of

separation

as symptom

therapy for

apologies

assertiveness

athletics

attachment

abuse and

competitive

dependency and

depression and

development of

healthy vs. unhealthy

love and

pain and

relationships and

self-esteem and

shame and

trust and

attachment-dependency-trust axis

attention:

negative

not received

authoritativeness

authority-dependence relationship

authority figures

behavior:

apologetic

appropriate

“careful,”

changes in

chronic

experience and

isolating

learning of

maladaptive

monitoring of

negative

norms of

obsessive-compulsive

pathological

positive

psychotic

repetitive

role-modeled

safe vs. unsafe

secondary

“security-related,”

self-destructive

self-perpetuating

symptomatic

behaviorism

belief systems

benzodiazapine

binging

Black Death

blank slate patients

bleeding “blind” attachments

body language

bonding

borderline personality disorders

brain chemistry

bulimia nervosa

burning

Canadian Broadcasting Company

case studies:

Aaron

Ainsley

Annika

Brian

Carla

Dina

Eileen

Elaine

Emmy

Fon

Holly

Jessica

Juanita

Katerina

Kessa

Krista

Loretta

Lynn

Maria

Meg

Melanie

Michael

Mildred

Mona

Polly

Shari

Shila

Simone

Sonia

Tracy

Tula

Childhood and Society (Erikson)

children:

behaviors learned by

parental relationship with

in role reversal

self-esteem of

sense of safety of

child support

Chinese-Americans

chronically recovering

cocaine

comfort

communication:

of dependency

of emotions

in families

in therapy

community, sense of

competition

confidence

confidentiality

conflict:

avoidance of

emotional

conscience

coping mechanisms

cultural background

cutting, see self-mutilation; self-mutilators

dating

death

death rate

decision making

defense mechanisms

deflectors

dependability

dependency:

attachment and

authority vs.

communication of

need for

depression:

anger and

anxiety and

attachment and

hereditary factors in

medications for

neglect and

neurological factors in

parental

recurrence of

severity of

therapy for

trauma and

diagnosis:

criteria for

dual

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Diana, Princess of Wales

disabilities, physical

disclosure

disorder status

dissociative identity disorder

divorce

dreams

drinking, teenage

drug abuse

eating disorders, see anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa

emotions:

abuse of

development and

disorders of

expression of

incompatible

intensity of

internalized

negative

painful

repressed

see also anger; fear; guilt

empathy

employment

endorphins

Endorphins and Anorexia (Heubner)

environmental factors

Erikson, Erik exhibitionism

expectations

eye contact

failure

fainting episodes

families

anger in

communication in

counseling for

dynamics of

dysfunctional

immigrant

loyalty to

nuclear

pathological symptoms and

recovery of

secrets of

self-mutilators as viewed by

siblings in

therapy and

values of

vulnerabilities of

see also adolescents; children; parents

“fanatic” attachments

fear:

of abandonment

anger and

of disclosure

elimination of

of failure

of injuries

pathological

of personality disintegration

of punishment

of relationships

of self

of self-mutilation

therapy and

financial stress

first aid

flagellation

“fortress existence,”

friendships

frustration

gain, secondary

genetic factors

genitals, injury to

guilt:

anger and

financial stress and

parental

punishment and

religious

repression of

gymnastics

hand-washing

helpers

hereditary factors

hero disguise

Heubner, Hans

hormones

hospitals, mental

housebound lifestyle

hypothermia

identities, false

illness, chronic

immigrants

incest

independence

injuries, physical

insecurity

intellectual discussions

“inward turning,”

isolating behavior

knowledgeable attitude

Kramer, Peter D.

lacerations

language problems

learning of behavior

Listening to Prozac (Kramer)

loneliness

love, unconditional

love-attachment-abuse complex

loyalty

marital problems

masochism

media, mass

medications:

for anxiety

for depression

prescribing of

self-esteem and

memories

mental disintegration

mental health profession

mental illness pyramid

mental patients

moods

nail-biting

narcissism

nature-nurture debate

negative behavior

neglect

neurological factors

neurotransmitters

nurturance

obsessive-compulsive personalities

optimism

outpatient therapy

overachievers

pain:

achievement and

addiction to

attachment and

capacity for

comfort and

as cultural value

as defense mechanism

emotional

experience of

as goal

meaning of

mental

physical

pleasure and

recreation of

sources of

stress relieved by

unconscious

parents:

adolescent’s relationship with

aggressive

child’s relationship with

depression of

distant

dysfunctional

guilt felt by

healthy identity of

protection by

as role models

in role reversal

self-mutilators and influence of

single

stress caused by

surrogate

peer pressure

perfectionism

personality:

aspects of

borderline

deficits of

development of

disintegration of

fragility of

obsessive-compulsive

pathology of

of self-mutilators

perspective, loss of

phobias

physicians

piercing, skin

plastic surgery

pleasure

positive behavior

positive statements

powerlessness, feeling of

privacy

projection

psychiatrists

psychopharmacology

psychosis

psychotherapy, see therapy puberty

punishment

purging

questions

rape

“reaching in,”

reality:

inner vs. outer

interpersonal

reassurance, verbal

rebuilding

recovery

referrals

regression

regret

rejection

relationships:

abuse as basis of

adolescent-parent

attachment and

child-parent

development of

failure of

fear of

helping

as interpersonal reality

patient-therapist

romantic

social

triangulated

valued-abusive

religion

reparenting

repression:

of anxiety

definition of

of emotions

Rescue Syndrome

resentment

“resistance chair,”

responsibility

restorative mechanisms

rituals

role models

role-playing

role-reversals

sarcasm

scarring

scratching

seduction-rape-self-mutilation complex

self:

blame of

fear of

identity of

validation of

Self Abuse Finally Ends (SAFE)

self-awareness

self-destructive behavior

self-esteem

self-help groups

self-mutilation:

as act of anger

aftermath of

as “anesthetic,”

anticipatory

“benefits” of

as “bitter medicine,”

bleeding in

bodily functions and

burning in

causes of

classification of

common dynamic of

definition of

desensitization towards

developmental history of

diagnostic criteria for

disapproval of

disclosure of

disorders related to

dissociative

early detection of

elimination of

fear of

as feature of primary disorder

frequency of

hereditary factors in

lacerations in

media coverage of

mental health profession’s attitude towards

in mental illness pyramid

nondissociative

patterns of

permanent damage from

perspective on

physical injury from

piercing vs.

as primary vs. secondary disorder

prognosis for

as protest

provocation in

as “psychological tumor,”

as psychopathology

public reaction to

range of

rationale for

recurrent nature of

research on

scarring in

scratching in

as self-destructive behavior

as “self-medication,”

severity of

social impact of

as symptomatic or substitute method

symptoms of

therapy for, see therapy

self-mutilators:

as boys vs. girls

characteristics of

expectations of

family’s attitude towards

generosity needed by

isolation of

medical assistance for

mistrust as security for

parental influence on

passivity of

personality of

secrecy of

self-awareness of

social life of

support system for

trancelike state of

serotonin

sexual abuse

sexuality

shame

siblings

stress:

external vs. internal

as factor in recovery

financial

parents as cause of

relief of

suicide

superego

surgeons

surrogate parents

symptomatic eating

symptomatic relief

symptoms:

anxiety as

behavior and

pathological

psychosomatic

of self-mutilation

tattoos

teasing

teenagers, see adolescents

therapy:

for anxiety

attachment developed in

authoritative approach to

behaviorist

bonding in

change based on

communication in

completion of

confidentiality of

cost of

cultural background and

for depression

duration of

efficient

as exchange

expectation and

families and

fear and

frequency of

goals of

guidance in

helpers in

incomplete

injuries examined in

long-term

nurturant

outpatient

progress in

questions in

reasons for

recovery in

referrals to

regression in

relationship in

results of

specialists in

testing in

trust in

validation in

withdrawal in

trancelike state

tranquilizers

trauma

Treating and Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa (Levenkron) triangulated relationships

trichotillomania

trust

attachment and

in therapy

unconditional love

underparenting

understanding

unemployment

valued-abusive relationship

values, family

verbal abuse

virginity

vulnerability

Wayne, John

weight loss

workbook, survivors’