Rethinking self-harm: a psychoanalytic consideration of hysteria and social contagion*.
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| Title: | Rethinking self-harm: a psychoanalytic consideration of hysteria and social contagion*. |
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| Authors: | Papadima, Maria |
| Source: | Journal of Child Psychotherapy. Dec2019, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p291-307. 17p. |
| Subjects: | Self-destructive behavior, Hysteria, Social contagion, Child psychotherapists, Adolescent psychotherapy |
| 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] |
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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] |
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| ISSN: | 0075417X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0075417X.2019.1700297 |
