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Abramovic, Marina, xvi Ainsworth, M.D.S., 122 Alvarez, A., 79 Anderson, Charles, 127 Apple, Fiona, xiii Argument culture, the, 109 Attachment theory, 75, 122–123, 130, 165 “Attis,” xi Awakening, The, viii, 83–84, 91, 102, 192 Baker, Carlos, 77 Barr, Roseanne, 40 Bass, Thomas, xvi Beavis and Butt-Head, 90 Befriending skills, xxiv “Believing game and doubting game,” 124–125, 128 Bell Jar, The, 83, 91, 102, 108, 120, 192, 195 Belmonte, Juan, 78 Berger, John, 221, 243 Bergman, Ingmar, xii Berryman, John, 78 Beyoncé, 46 “Bleed Like Me,” xiii Blum, Virginia, 11–12 Bodies under Siege, xi, 133 Bodily Discourses, xvii Bodily Harm, 8 Borderline personality disorder, 20–21, 56 Bowlby, John, 122–123 Bracher, Mark, 102–103 Breaking Point, xiii Bright Red Scream, A, 16–17 Britzman, Deborah, 204 Broucek, Francis, 166 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, xxv Brus, Gunther, xiii Burnham, Chris, 166 Burning Bed, The, 90 Catcher in the Rye, The, 153 Catullus, xi Celebrity suicide, xx Chekhov, 204 Chopin, Kate, viii, 54 Clockwork Orange, A, 87 Cobain, Kurt, 80 Colors, 90 Contagious texts, 89–91 Conterio, 8, 9, 14, 18–19, 21, 40, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 56 Counterphobic motivation, xxvi Couvade, 88 Crack-Up, The, 121 Creative Malady, xxv–xxvi Cries and Whispers, xii Crosses, xxiii, 41–47, 48, 50, 55, 59, 62, 132, 164 Culture of Pain, The, 88 Cutting: and adolescent girls, 3, 5; ancient origins of, xi; biblical references to, xi, xxi; as a coping mechanism and form of self-control, 3, 5, 15–19, 28, 35, 45–46, 49, 57, 61; and cosmetic surgery, 11–12; and delicate self-cutting, 9–10; diagnoses of, 19–23; and eating disorders, xi, xv, 13, 52, 66, 103, 139, 141, 216–217, INDEX 27460 index.indd 279 27460 index.indd 279 10/2/07 2:11:29 PM 10/2/07 2:11:29 PM 280 INDEX Cutting (cont.) 223; “falling in love with,” 158–207; and female self-mutilation, 9–12, 135, 218–219; feminist theories of, 5–9; in films, literature, and art, xii–xiv, xvi; as form of communication, 17, 45; and gender differences, 9–11; as healing ritual, 16, 29–30; as learned behavior, 3–4, 14, 23, 36, 40–41; and “love-attachment-abuse,” 13; and low self-esteem, xvii, 6–8, 25–29, 68, 233–239; and masochistic fantasies, xiv, 16, 140–141; and menstruation, 10; and need for secrecy, xix, 24, 36, 161–162, 165, 177–178; and other addictive behaviors, 22–23; and other forms of self-injurious behavior, x, xix; and parental abuse, 19, 142; and peer pressure, 4; and physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, 11, 142, 19, 36; and piercing and tattooing, 14; prevalence of, xvii–xx, 3, 10, 52; and psychiatric labeling, 20; and psychopathology, 4, 13–15; reasons for, 12; religious justification for, xi; rise in incidence of, 3, 12, 40–41, 63; and self-punishment, xiii–xv, 16; and serotonin, 11; and shame, xix; and skin-burning and skin-pulling, 135–136; stigma of, 66–68; and suicide, 144–145, 173–174, 233–238; as symptom of suicidal thinking and protection against suicide, xviii, 16, 167–168; theories of, 3–4; and twelvestep programs, 21; and underparented child, 44, 48, 227–228; and violence against the female body, xvii, 10–11, 218–220 Cut (McCormick), x, xiii, 41, 48–52, 55, 59, 62, 130, 131–132, 136 “Cut” (Plath), 56–57 Cutting (Levenkron), 13–15 DARE, 53, 61 Darkness Visible, 80–82, 147, 243 Darwin, Charles, xxv Deer Hunter, The, 90 Deletiner, Carol, 111–112 Depp, Johnny, xiii, 40 Depression, x, xv, 11, 86, 91, 130, 144–151, 159–164, 173–176, 183–186, 208–216, 222–245, 246–247, 251–264 Devane, Anne, 139 de Van, Marina, xii Diaries to an English Professor, 73–76, 139–145 Diary of Anne Frank, The, 82 Didion, Joan, 124 “Dodge-Viper effect,” 53, 139 Dream Songs, The, 78 Dunbar, Paul Lawrence, 67 Dunne, John Gregory, 124 Durkheim, Emile, 87 Eddy, Mary Baker, xxv “Edge,” 79 Edward Scissorhands, xiii Elbow, Peter, 124–125 Eliot, George, 5–6, 253 Emotional contagion, xix–xxiv, 4, 40–41, 52, 73, 77–80, 85–91, 102–105, 137, 165, 170, 178–179, 182, 203, 215, 218–220, 263–264 Emotional Intelligence, 121 Empathic attunement, 248 Empathic listening, 203–204 Empathic Teaching, xxiv, 84, 102, 122 Empathy, xxiv, xxvi, 19, 51, 101, 106–107, 118–120, 124, 154, 204–205, 251–264, 267 Entrainment, 87–88 Ethics...

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