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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782681103321

Titolo

Personality disorder [[electronic resource] ] : the definitive reader / / edited by Gwen Adshead and Caroline Jacob

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009

ISBN

1-282-05933-5

9786612059339

1-84642-864-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Forensic focus series ; ; 29

Altri autori (Persone)

AdsheadGwen

JacobCaroline

Disciplina

616.85/81

616.8581

Soggetti

Personality disorders

Psychology, Pathological

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; Personality Disorder:The Definitive Reader; Contents; Introduction; Part I Theory: Aetiology and Psychopathology; 1 The Relationship Between Severity of PersonalityDisorder and Certain Adverse Childhood Influences; 2 Care-Eliciting Behaviour in Man; Part II Clinical Implications; 3 Hate in the Countertransference; 4 Taking Care of the Hateful Patient; 5 The Ailment; 6 Malignant Alienation: Dangers for PatientsWho are Hard to Like; 7 Malignant Alienation

8 The Beginning of Wisdom is Never Calling a Patient aBorderline or, The Clinical Management of Immature Defensesin the Treatment of Individuals withPersonality Disorders9 Psychiatric Staff as Attachment Figures: UnderstandingManagement Problems in Psychiatric Services in theLight of Attachment Theory; 10 In the Prison of Severe Personality Disorder; Part III Treatment and Management; 11 Murmurs of Discontent: Treatment and Treatabilityof Personality Disorder; 12 Management of Difficult Personality Disorder Patients; 13 Problems in the Management of Borderline Patients

14 Ten Traps for Therapists in the Treatment ofTrauma Survivors15 Severe Personality Disorder Patients: Treatment Issuesand Selection for



In-patient Psychotherapy; 16 The Concept of Boundaries in Clinical Practice:Theoretical and Risk-management Decisions; CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the impact that working with personality disorder patients can have on staff. It offers theoretical explanations for personality disorder, explores other issues such as the concept of boundaries in clinical practice, psychiatric staff and the relationship between severity of personality disorder and childhood experiences.