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Managing Self-Harm
Psychological Perspectives
Self-harm often arises at moments of despair or emotional intensity, and its reasons are not necessarily available to the conscious mind. Managing Self-Harm explores the meaning and impact of self-harm, and the sense in which it is a language of the body. It is designed to help...
Published July 2nd 2009 by Routledge
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The Psychology of Female Violence
Crimes Against the Body, 2nd Edition
What are the causes of violence in women? What can be done to help these women and their victims? Why does society deny the fact of female violence? This book explores the nature and causes of female violence from the perspectives of psychodynamic theory and forensic psychology. This fully...
Published January 30th 2008 by Routledge
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The Psychology of Female Violence
Crimes Against the Body
Explores the psychology of violent and criminal women from a psychodynamic and criminological rspective, also examining the link between childhood experience and adult behaviour. The book uses illustrative case material throughout....
Published November 15th 2000 by Routledge