[Self-harm presentations in movies].
The aim of this article is to demonstrate how movies can enhance our understanding of the phenomenology of self-destructive behaviour. Various aspects of self-harm, including psychological individual characteristics and cultural trends, have been elucidated through a strategic selection of movies. As movies represent a popular rather than a medical discourse, they can provide physicians and health professionals with different and non-medical perspectives of self-harm.
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Avdeling for helse- og sosialfag, Høgskolen i Lillehammer, 2626 Lillehammer. finns@online.no
D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009040:Motion Pictures; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology*