The importance of suffering : the value and meaning of emotional discontent - Davies, James (James Peter) (Hove ; New York : Routledge, 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.
Keywords: Suffering; Emotions; Mental health