ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|26 pages

Description of personality disorders

chapter 2|22 pages

Diagnosis and assessment

chapter 3|18 pages

Epidemiology and course

chapter 4|24 pages

Risk factors for personality disorders

chapter 6|12 pages

Borderline personality disorder

chapter 10|36 pages

Treatment of personality disorders