Personality Disorders
Published on 4. February 2005
Book
Hardback
536 pages
978-0-470-09036-7 (ISBN)
Description
This 8th volume of the "WPA series in Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry" provides an update of research evidence and clinical experience concerning personality disorders. A general term for a group of behavioral disorders, personality disorders are usually characterized by lifelong, ingrained, maladaptive patterns of deviant behavior, lifestyle and social adjustment that are different in quality from psychotic and neurotic symptoms. The book reviews recent progress and current controversies in this area, providing a guide to clinicians and a contribution to the ongoing revision of the two main diagnostic systems, the DSM-IV and ICD-10. Written by Mario Maj, an internationally renowned psychiatrist and secretary for publications of the World Psychiatric Association, this work includes coverage of neuroscientific and psychiatric aspects and is an unbiased and reliable reference point.
Reviews / Votes
"This well-ordered text by a world-wide collection of experts provides an authoritative exploration of these common and misunderstood conditions." (Electric Review, November/December 2005) "...clearly well researched and reasonably organized..." (Doody's Health Services)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
876 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-09036-7 (9780470090367)
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Person
Mario Maj, University of Naples, Italy Hagop S. Asiskal, University of California, San Diego, USA Juan E. Mezzich, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA Ahmed Okasha, Ain Shams University, Cario, Egypt
Content
List of Review Contributors.PrefaceChapter 1. Schizotypal, Schizoid and Paranoid DisordersCluster A Personality Disorders: A Review (Josef Parnas, Deborah Licht and Pierre Bovet).Chapter 2. Antisocial DisorderAntisocial Personality Disorder: A Review (C. Robert Cloninger).Chapter 3. Histrionic and Borderline DisorderBorderline and Histrionic Personality Disorders: A Review (Michael H. Stone).Chapter 4. Narcissistic DisorderNarcissistic Personality Disorder: A Review (Elsa Ronningstam).Chapter 5. The Anxious ClusterThe Anxious Cluster of Personality Disorders: A Review (Peter Tyrer).Chapter 6. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality DisorderThe Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD): A Review (Paul T. Costa, Jack Samuels, Michael Bagby, Lee Daffin and Hillary Norton).Epilogue: The Renaissance of the Ancient Concept of Temperament (with a Focus on Affective Temperaments) (Hagop S. Akiskal and Kareen Akiskal).Index.