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Rethinking self-harm: a psychoanalytic consideration of hysteria and social contagion*.
- Source :
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Journal of Child Psychotherapy . Dec2019, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p291-307. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This paper discusses the steep increase, in recent years, of self-harm presentations in adolescent clinics in the UK. It explores this increase, particularly evident in adolescent girls, in the context of a number of parallel developments: the gradual desexualisation of psychoanalysis; the dwindling mental health resources after the 2008 financial crisis with the pressures that adds to young people's stress levels, sense of identity and mental health; the impact of social contagion in adolescents, with both offline and online pressures. The classic psychoanalytic notion of hysteria, as it overlaps with these developments, is suggested as a theoretical and clinical framework to consider for the child psychotherapist working with self-harming adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0075417X
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Child Psychotherapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 141376827
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0075417X.2019.1700297