The importance of suffering the value and meaning of emotional discontent - Davies, James (James Peter) (London Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2012)
The relational perspective on suffering -- Positive and negative models of suffering: a battle for supremacy -- Anaesthetic regimes and the unproblematic life -- The consequences of avoiding our primary problems: unproductive suffering -- Productive suffering as a ritual process - as useful descent -- The period of transition in the ritual of productive suffering.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-189) and index.
Keywords: Suffering; Emotions; Mental health