Personality Disorders

NOTE EDITORE

The new edition of Personality Disorders continues to provide an in-depth guide to personality disorders, assessment, and treatment, across varied patient groups and settings. Grounded in scholarly review and illustrated with a diversity of case studies, this book covers familiar ground with comprehensive detail, including the description of personality disorders, diagnosis, epidemiology, aetiology, and treatment strategies. Furthermore, this new edition reflects changes in the new ICD-11 and DSM-5, assessment instruments, and state-of-the-art insights from theory-driven research. Part of the popular ‘Clinical Psychology: A Modular Course’ series, Personality Disorders offers excellent coverage on all aspects of personality disorder and will be extremely informative for students and practitioners alike.

SOMMARIO

Acknowledgements 1. Description of personality disorders 2. Diagnosis and assessment 3. Epidemiology and course 4.Risk factors for personality disorders 5. The anxious/inhibited personality disorders 6. Borderline personality disorder 7. The narcissistic and histrionic personality disorders 8. Antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy 9. Schizotypal, schizoid, and paranoid personality disorders 10. Treatment of personality disorders References Author index Subject index

AUTORE

Paul M.G. Emmelkamp is Professor of Clinical Psychology (ret.) and affiliated with the University of Amsterdam. Katharina Meyerbröker is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at Utrecht University and is affiliated as a licensed mental health psychologist atAltrecht Mental Health Institute.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781138483057
• Collana: Clinical Psychology: A Modular Course
• Dimensioni: 9.75 x 6.75 in Ø 1.05 lb
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 8 tables and 1 line drawing
• Pagine Arabe: 268
• Pagine Romane: xii