Severe Personality Disorders

JNC Academic Books Verified independent store

→

Bert van LuynCambridge University Press, 9/6/2007EAN 9780521856515, ISBN10: 0521856515Hardcover, 264 pages, 25.5 x 18.3 x 1.7 cmLanguage: EnglishThis book is about understanding an d managing patients with severe personality disorders. It covers biological, psychoanalytic and cognitive behavioral approaches and provides a pragmatic guide to best practice. As well as discussing issues of severity, treatability and the range of appropriate management options, the content explores the common elements of effective interventions and covers early prediction, countertransference, disruptions of the therapeutic alliance, suicidal crises and what to do when dealing with dangerous, refractory and stalking patients. The chapters are authored by an international cast of distinguished investigators and innovators from the field. This is a holistic, practical guide to the treatment of patients with a range of these disorders and it should be read by members of the mental health team dealing with this challenging clinical group.1. Treatability in severe personality disordershow far do the science and art of psychotherapy carry us? Michael Stone2. The treatment of choicewhat method fits whom? John Clarkin3. Countertransferencerecent developments and technical implications for the treatment of patients with severe personality disorders Otto Kernberg4. Beyond management to cureenhancing the positive dimensions of personality Robert Cloninger5. Personality disorders from the perspective of child and adolescent psychiatry Arnold Allertz and Guus van Voorst6. Disruptions in the course of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis Salman Akhtar7. Managing suicidal crises in patients with severe personality disorders Joel Paris8. Borderline personality disorder, day hospitals, and mentalization Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy9. Pharmacotherapy of severe personality disordersa critical review Thomas Rinne and Theo Ingenhoven10. Severe casesmanagement of the refractory borderline patient Bert van Luyn11. Dangerous caseswhen treatment is not an option Reid Meloy and James Reavis12. Stalking of therapists Paul Mullen and Rosemary Purcell13. Common elements of effective treatments John Livesley.'This book covers important aspects of personality disorders management. It starts with treatability, methods of treatment, issues in children and adolescence, managing suicidal crisis, management of severe and dangerous cases and discussion of common elements of effective treatment. The cover of these topics is extensive with a detailed, thoughtful and comprehensive survey of the available literature on treatment of personality disorders with meticulous attention to conceptual details. The reader explores the essential ingredients of an effective therapeutic approach for these conditions. This book is addressed to psychology, psychiatry, under postgraduate students, neurologists, psychiatrists and behavioural therapists. It is a good buy for those interested in the topic of personality disorders.' Saudi Medical Journal Show more