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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460598403321

Autore

Bateman Anthony

Titolo

Mentalization-based treatment for personality disorders : a practical guide / / Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-183556-0

0-19-166991-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (485 p.)

Disciplina

616.858

Soggetti

Personality disorders - Treatment

Psychotherapy

Mental healing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; Part 1 The mentalizing framework; 1 What is mentalizing?; 2 Using the mentalizing model to understand personality disorder; 3 Comorbidity; 4 Assessment of mentalizing; 5 Structure of mentalization-based treatment; Part 2 Mentalizing practice; 6 Clinician stance; 7 Principles for the mentalizing clinician; 8 The mentalizing focus: support, empathy, and validation; 9 The mentalizing focus: clarification, affect elaboration, affect focus, and challenge; 10 Relational focus of mentalizing: transference tracers and mentalizing the relationship

11 MBT-Introductory group (MBT-I)Part 3 Mentalizing groups; 12 Mentalizing group therapy; 13 Antisocial personality disorder: mentalizing, MBT-G, and common clinical problems; Part 4 Mentalizing systems; 14 Mentalizing and families: the Families and Carers Training and Support program (FACTS); 15 Mentalizing the system; Recommended further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Loss of mentalizing leads to interpersonal and social problems, emotional variability, impulsivity, self-destructive behaviours, and



violence. This practical guide on MBT treatment of personality disorders outlines the mentalizing model of borderline and antisocial personality disorders and how it translates into an effective clinical treatment.