A Concise Guide to Personality Disorders - 9781433819810

The author describes personality disorders, offering an evidence-based perspective, discussion of how research can be integrated into practice, and a focus on clinical problems that have been studied in research, while recommending an integrative method of treatment that draws on all schools. After discussing general issues like why the diagnosis of personality disorder is difficult, the relationship between traits and disorders, the advantages and disadvantages of proposals to revise or replace the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders system, etiology and risk factors, and prevalence, precursors, and outcomes, he covers antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, schizotypal, schizoid, paranoid, histrionic, avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, and dependent personality disorders, and personality disorder, not otherwise specified, ending with psychopharmacology, psychotherapies, and a general approach to management. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)