Personality disorders

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Personality Syndromes / Jonathan Shedler, PhD -- Levels of Personality Organization: Theoretical Background and Clinical Applications / Eve Caligor, MD; John F. Clarkin, PhD; Julia F. Sowislo, PhD -- Pathways Between Psychological Trauma and the Development of Personality Disorders / Valerie Rosen, MD; Greg Fonzo, PhD; Emily Rosen, Alex Preston -- Integrating Clinical and Empirical Approaches to Personality The Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP) / Jonathan Shedler, PhD -- Crossing the Alphabet Divide: Navigating the Evidence for DBT, GPM, MBT, and TFP for BPD / Kenneth N. Levy, PhD; Benjamin N. Johnson, MS; Haruka Notsu, MS -- The Big 6: Evidence-Base Therapies for the Treatment of Personality Disorders / Robert E. Feinstein, MD -- Managing Patient with Personality Disorders in Medical Settings / Robert E. Feinstein, MD -- Transference-focused Psychotherapy / Christopher Green, MD; Frank Yeomans, MD, PhD -- Mentalization-based Treatment / Robert P. Drozek, LICSW; Jonathan T. Henry, MD, PhD -- Cognitive-behavioral Therapy / Matthew W. Southward, PhD; Stephen A. Semcho, MS; Shannon Sauer-Zavala, PhD -- Dialectical Behavior Therapy / Sheila E. Crowell, PhD; Parisa R. Kaliush, MS; Robert D. Vlisides-Henry, MS; Nicolette Molina, BA -- Schema Therapy / Dr. Anja Schaich, MS; Dr. Eva Fassbinder, MD; Arnoud Arntz, PhD -- Good Psychiatric Management (GPM) for Borderline Personality Disorder / Robert G. Hersh, MD; Benjamin McCommon, MD; Emma Golkin, MD; Jennifer Sotsky, MD -- Employing Psychodynamic Process-oriented Group Psychotherapy with Personality Disorders / Kenneth M. Pollock, PhD, CGP; Robert E. Feinstein, MD -- Psychopharmacology of Personality Disorders / Tawny L. Smith, BCPP; Samantha Vogel, BCPP -- Paranoid Personalities (Vigilant Style) / Royce Lee, MD; Edwin Santos -- Some Thoughts About Schizoid Dynamics / Nancy McWilliams, PhD -- Antisocial Personalities / Glen O. Gabbard, MD -- Borderline Personality Disorder / Curtis C. Bogetti, BS; Eric A. Fertuck, PhD -- Histrionic Personality Disorder / Michelle Magid, MD, MBA; Isadora Fox, DNP, MSN, RN, PMHNP, APRN-BC -- Narcissistic Personality Disorder / Alyson A. Gorun, MD; Benjamin A. Scherban, PGY-4 Resident; Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, MD, PhD -- Avoidant personality Disorder / Lee Sperry, MD, PhD; Gerardo Casteleiro, PhD (cand.) -- Dependent Personality Disorder / Robert F. Bornstein; Adam P. Natoli, PhD -- Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder / Cynthia Playfair, MD -- Masochistic/Self-Defeating Personality Styles / Robert Alan Glick, MD; Brenda Berger, MD.

Personality Disordersis an up-to-date, evidence-based, and accessibly written review to assist psychiatry, psychology, social work, and mental health trainees and seasoned practitioners in their understanding and treatment of patients with various personality styles and personality disorders. The work is divided into three sections, which include clinical illustrations and wisdom from well-known expert clinicians. Section I provides an overview of the assessment of personality styles and disorders and a general clinical approach, including epidemiology, interviewing, and developing a categorical and trait diagnosis. Section II describes the major evidence-based multi-clinical treatment approaches for personality disorders, such as general management, cognitive and behavioral therapies, dialectical behavioral therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapies, schema focused psychotherapy, mentalization-based treatment, and family and group therapy. Section III covers the major specific personality disorders, their treatments, and management of relevant co-morbidities.
Each chapter offers key point summaries, provides useful resources for patients, and scholarly references for psychiatry trainees and clinicians. Chapters are written from a bio-psycho-social-cultural perspective using either a single theoretical approach or a multi-modal treatment approach. This book is the most comprehensive guide to personality disorders to date, detailing a wide array of multi-theoretical and inclusive clinical treatment approaches.