Self-Injurious Behaviors

by Daphne Simeon (Editor), Eric Hollander

This volume presents the nosology of self-injurious behaviors, classifying them as stereotypic, compulsive, and impulsive. It coverS both the theoretical and the practical as they discuss these categories in relation to phenomenology, biological and psychological theories, and pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment approaches.

209 pages

First published February 7, 2001

About the author

Daphne Simeon M.D. is an American psychiatrist, best known for her research on depersonalization disorder. Simeon is a graduate of Columbia University's medical school, psychiatry residency and fellowship program, and psychoanalytic institute. Simeon now works at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, at the Family Center for Bipolar Disorder.

Simeon was until recently an associate professor of psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, where she did research, supervised, and taught. It is here that she ran some North American clinic that specifically treated depersonalization disorder. She currently co-chairs an international task force that will generate new recommendations for the DSM-V classification of dissociative disorders. She currently serves as an advisory board member for the National Organization of Drug-Induced Disorders.

Reviews

[Lilith · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just finished reading for a psych class in abnormal behavior.
Pretty good. Definitely a more clinical/academic take, and I think Simpson 2015 is a more useful volume (and one that doesn't use now outdated language about mental health).