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With care and focus psyche on the skin tells the secret but necessary history of self harm from the 1860s to the present showing just how deeply entrenched this practice is in human culture sarah chaney looks at many different kinds of self injurious acts including sexual self mutilation and hysterical malingering in the late victorian . Psyche on the skin a history of self harm by sarah chaney 359 rating details 22 ratings 6 reviews its a troubling phenomenon that many of us think of as a modern psychological epidemic a symptom of extreme emotional turmoil in young people especially young women cutting and self harm. In psyche on the skin chaney traces the illuminating and disturbing history of self mutilation and other forms of self harm this work offers a fascinating look at a set of topics often as taboo to talk about as the acts themselves it is strongly recommended for professionals likely to encounter individuals who have engaged in such acts. I mention this not so as to position this book amidst the many personal accounts of self harm published over the last five decades but to signal the striking phrasing and iconoclastic thinking evident in psyche on the skin