Personality Disorders V 8
Published on 4. November 2005
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536 pages
978-0-470-09038-1 (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 behavioural disorders, personality disorders are usually characterised by lifelong, ingrained, maladaptive patterns of deviant behaviour, 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
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
876 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-09038-1 (9780470090381)
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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. Preface Chapter 1. Schizotypal, Schizoid and Paranoid Disorders Cluster A Personality Disorders: A Review (Josef Parnas, Deborah Licht and Pierre Bovet). Chapter 2. Antisocial Disorder Antisocial Personality Disorder: A Review (C. Robert Cloninger). Chapter 3. Histrionic and Borderline Disorder Borderline and Histrionic Personality Disorders: A Review (Michael H. Stone). Chapter 4. Narcissistic Disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A Review (Elsa Ronningstam). Chapter 5. The Anxious Cluster The Anxious Cluster of Personality Disorders: A Review (Peter Tyrer). Chapter 6. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder The 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.