Davies, James <br/><br/>
The importance of suffering :  the value and meaning of emotional discontent / 
James Davies. 
 - Hove ;  New York :  Routledge,  2012. 
 - 198 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415667791 (hbk.)  RM380.76 9780415667807 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Suffering.<br/>Emotions.<br/>Mental health.