{"product_id":"eccentric-and-bizarre-behaviors-isbn-9780471545200","title":"Eccentric and Bizarre Behaviors","description":"An engrossing look into the heart of twelve of the strangestpsychological disorders known to science\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In a book reminiscent of Oliver Sacks' The Man Who Mistook His Wifefor a Hat, psychologists Louis Franzini and John Grossberg take usbehind the tabloid headlines and media exposes to tell thereal-life stories of emotionally damaged men and women driven tohorrific extremes in their efforts to gratify their basic humanneeds for love and attention.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Writing with compassion and offering many profound insights intothe human condition, the authors provide rare, often wrenching,glimpses into the tortured worlds of necrophiliacs, who make loveonly to corpses, and \"werewolves\" who commit unthinkable acts ofmutilation and cannibalism; of men paralyzed by the terrifyingbelief that their penises are disappearing into their bodies, andcompulsive hair pullers, who pluck every last hair from theirflesh; of paranoids who believe they are being stalked by theirevil twins, and those convinced that everyone close to them is animposter; and many others.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e All of the stories contained in Eccentric and Bizarre Behaviors arebased on actual case studies. Throughout, Drs. Franzini andGrossberg discuss, in terms that general readers can understand,both the known and conjectural causes for the strange disordersthey describe. And, in many cases, they recount the stirringdetails of how patients were ultimately rescued from the eccentricand bizarre patterns of behavior in which they had becomeimprisoned. Erotomania: Obsessive Loving.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy: The New Form of Child Abuse.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Frottage: A Touch of Love.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vampirism: The Ungrateful Dead.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sex Slavery and the Stockholm Syndrome: From Terror to Love.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Autoerotic Asphyxia: Breathless Sex.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Capgras and Other Misidentification Delusions: Replaced by anImpostor.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Folie a Deux: Shared Insanity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Koro: The Disappearing Penis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Savants: Supertalents in the Subnormal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Trichotillomania: Hairpulling Compulsion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Necrophilia: Sex After Death.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. \u003cb\u003eLOUIS R. FRANZINI, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eJOHN M. GROSSBERG, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, are professors of psychology at San Diego State University. Both have contributed extensively to psychological literature.  \u003cb\u003eAn engrossing look into the heart of twelve of the strangest psychological disorders known to science\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn a book reminiscent of Oliver Sacks' \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, psychologists Louis Franzini and John Grossberg take us behind the tabloid headlines and media exposés to tell the real-life stories of emotionally damaged men and women driven to horrific extremes in their efforts to gratify their basic human needs for love and attention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting with compassion and offering many profound insights into the human condition, the authors provide rare, often wrenching, glimpses into the tortured worlds of necrophiliacs, who make love only to corpses, and \"werewolves\" who commit unthinkable acts of mutilation and cannibalism; of men paralyzed by the terrifying belief that their penises are disappearing into their bodies, and compulsive hair pullers, who pluck every last hair from their flesh; of paranoids who believe they are being stalked by their evil twins, and those convinced that everyone close to them is an imposter; and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll of the stories contained in \u003ci\u003eEccentric and Bizarre Behaviors\u003c\/i\u003e are based on actual case studies. Throughout, Drs. Franzini and Grossberg discuss, in terms that general readers can understand, both the known and conjectural causes for the strange disorders they describe. And, in many cases, they recount the stirring details of how patients were ultimately rescued from the eccentric and bizarre patterns of behavior in which they had become imprisoned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989097791717,"sku":"NP9780471545200","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471545200.jpg?v=1761782785","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/eccentric-and-bizarre-behaviors-isbn-9780471545200","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}