1st Edition
Assessment and Treatment of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury A Clinical Perspective
By Bo Møhl
Copyright 2020
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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Assessment and Treatment of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: A Clinical Perspective is the ideal primer for anyone who works with people who self-injure. Profiling who is affected as well as what their behaviour includes, the book explores the range of factors behind why people self-injure, from the influence of social media to the need for self-regulation, and offers recommendations for both... Read more
Introduction Chapter 1. What is self-injury?Chapter 2. Non-suicidal self-injury – an independent diagnosis? Chapter 3. Myths about self-injuryChapter 4. EpidemiologyChapter 5. Self-injury as a sign of the times Chapter 6. The psychology of self-injuryChapter 7. Attachment, affect regulation and growing up in an invalidating environmentChapter 8. From meaning to function Chapter 9. Emotions and affect regulationChapter 10. Pathophysiology and neurobiological perspectives on self-injury Chapter 11. Assessment of patients with non-suicidal self-injuryChapter 12. Treating patients with self-injuryChapter 13. Dialectic Behavioural Therapy Chapter 14. Mentalization-based therapy – keeping mind in mind Chapter 15. Treating self-injury during hospitalizationChapter 16. Being close to someone who self-injure – a chapter for family members
Biography
Bo Møhl is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Aalborg University in Denmark. He holds an MA in Literature and Education and an MSc in Psychology. He has published several articles and books about general psychiatry, psychotherapy, sexology and self-injury. He is trained in Group Analysis, MBT and DBT and has been treating self-injuring patients for more than 20 years. He is a member of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury.
