A reading from I Hate You Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality Disorder, by Jerold J. Kriesman, M.D. and Hal Straus.
Self-harm is the act of harming yourself through cutting or burning and sometimes through self starvation. It is an undesirable effort to cope with emotional problems such as frustration and anger. Many people think that it is an attempt at suicide but this is not the case. Nor is it connected to any cultural ritual. [...]
For her work as a professor at UC Irvine, Dr. Rhoda Hahn earned a Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education Award from the American Psychiatry Association. Her motivation as a psychiatrist roots from knowing how her work helps people get back to being themselves. Dr. Hahn is the co-author of “Psychiatry”, a handbook for [...]
