Treatment of Personality Disorders

It has been almost twenty years since DSM-III created a major shift in psychi­ atric classification procedures and in diagnostic and treatment practice by introducing the multi-axial system and, for our patients specifically, the Axis II: Personality Disorders. Researchers and clinicians were forced...

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Other Authors: Derksen, Jan J.L. (Editor), Maffei, Cesare (Editor), Groen, Herman (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I: Biological Foundations of Personality Disorders
  • 1. Genetics of Personality Disorders
  • 2. Psychobiology of Personality Disorders: Implications for the Clinic
  • 3. The Implications of Recent Research on the Etiology and Stability of Personality and Personality Disorder for Treatment
  • II: Psychological Foundations of Personality Disorders
  • 4. Psychodynamic Research Can Help Us to Improve Diagnosis and Therapy for Personality Disorders: The Case of Defense Mechanisms
  • 5. Attachment, the Development of the Self, and Its Pathology in Personality Disorders
  • 6. Trauma and Personality
  • 7. Adolescence and Personality Disorders: Current Perspectives on a Controversial Problem
  • III: Diagnostic Models of Personality Disorders
  • 8. Integrative Perspectives on the Personality Disorders
  • 9. A Multidimensional Approach to Personality Disorders and Their Treatment
  • 10. The Structure of DSM-IV Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Implications for Treatment
  • 11. The Relationship between Anxiety Disorders and Personality Disorders: Prevalence Rates and Comorbidity Models
  • IV: Treatment of Personality Disorders
  • 12. Psychodiagnostics and Indications for Treatment in Cases of Personality Disorder: Some Pitfalls
  • 13. The Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Borderline Patients
  • 14. Functional Analysis of Borderline Personality Disorder Behavioral Criterion Patterns: Links to Treatment
  • 15. Psychopharmacological Treatment of Personality Disorders: A Review
  • 16. New Drugs in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
  • 17. The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Addiction
  • 18. Pharmacotherapy for Patients with Personality Disorders: Experiences from a Group Analytic Treatment Program
  • 19. A New Interpersonal Theory and the Treatment of Dependent Personality Disorder.-20. HIV Infection, Personality Structure, and Psychotherapeutic Treatment