| Description |
xxix, 284 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-275) and index. |
| Contents |
Feminist perspectives : self-injurious behavior among women -- Theories and diagnoses : a closer look -- My history as a cutter : losing self-esteem -- Kettlewell, OCD, and me : keeping one's beasts at bay -- Cutting influences : peer pressure and out-of-control lives -- Cutting literature : "high school may not be the place for books like these" -- |
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The contagion effect : "teachers ought to be careful in what they assign" -- Minimizing the risks of personal writing : the empathic classroom -- Attachment theory and self-disclosure : strengthening the teacher-student bond -- Cutting in the classroom : Paula, Ralph, Judy, Christine, and Cordelia -- "Falling in love with cutting" : Maryann and Paige -- Writing about cutting : contagion or inoculation -- "I was committing a crime against my body, against women." |
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Self-injurious behavior.
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College students -- Mental health.
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College students' writings.
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Mental illness in literature.
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Self-disclosure.
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Self-Injurious Behavior -- psychology.
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Self-Injurious Behavior -- therapy.
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Self Disclosure.
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Students.
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Universities.
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Writing.
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| Added Author |
Wallace, Patricia Hatch, 1970-
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| ISBN |
9781558496156 paperback alkaline paper |
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1558496157 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781558496149 library cloth alkaline paper |
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1558496149 library cloth alkaline paper |
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