Treatment of personality disorders / edited by Jan Derksen, Cesare Maffei, and Herman Groen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Derksen, Jan, 1953-

Maffei, Cesare, 1951-

Groen, Herman.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality disorders.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 307 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [1999]

Summary:

This monograph arose from presentations given at both the First and Second European Congresses on Disorders of Personality. In describing recent developments in both theoretical and empirical research regarding these complex patients and their psychopathologies, 20 contributions create a framework for clinical practice, presenting background on which basis clinicians can give their work more depth and employ innovative and creative therapies. Topics include biological and psychological foundations, diagnostic models, and treatment.

Contents:

Part I Biological Foundations of Personality Disorders

1. Genetics of Personality Disorders / Svenn Torgersen, Marco Battaglia 1

2. Psychobiology of Personality Disorders: Implications for the Clinic / Larry J. Siever 17

3. The Implications of Recent Research on the Etiology and Stability of Personality and Personality Disorder for Treatment / W. John Livesley 25

Part II Psychological Foundations of Personality Disorders

4. Psychodynamic Research Can Help Us to Improve Diagnosis and Therapy for Personality Disorders: The Case of Defense Mechanisms / J. Christopher Perry, Vittorio Lingiardi, Floriana Ianni 39

5. Attachment, the Development of the Self, and Its Pathology in Personality Disorders / Peter Fonagy 53

6. Trauma and Personality / Fabio Madeddu, Adolfo Pazzagli 69

7. Adolescence and Personality Disorders: Current Perspectives on a Controversial Problem / Enrico de Vito, Francois Ladame, Alvise Orlandini 77

Part III Diagnostic Models of Personality Disorders

8. Integrative Perspectives on the Personality Disorders / Theodore Millon 97

9. A Multidimensional Approach to Personality Disorders and Their Treatment / Joel Paris 107

10. The Structure of DSM-IV Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Implications for Treatment / Cesare Maffei, Andrea Fossati 119

11. The Relationship between Anxiety Disorders and Personality Disorders: Prevalence Rates and Comorbidity Models / Carol J. M. Van Velzen, Paul M. G. Emmelkamp 129

Part IV Treatment of Personality Disorders

12. Psychodiagnostics and Indications for Treatment in Cases of Personality Disorder: Some Pitfalls / J. Derksen, H. Sloore 155

13. The Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Borderline Patients / Otto F. Kernberg 167

14. Functional Analysis of Borderline Personality Disorder Behavioral Criterion Patterns: Links to Treatment / Jennifer Waltz, Marsha M. Linehan 183

15. Psychopharmacological Treatment of Personality Disorders: A Review / Peter Moleman, Karin van Dam, Veron Dings 207

16. New Drugs in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder / F. Benedetti, C. Colombo, L. Sforzini, C. Maffei, E. Smeraldi 229

17. The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Addiction / Per Vaglum 241

18. Pharmacotherapy for Patients with Personality Disorders: Experiences from a Group Analytic Treatment Program / S. Friis, T. Wilberg, T. Dammen, O. Urnes 255

19. A New Interpersonal Theory and the Treatment of Dependent Personality Disorder / John Birtchnell, Giuseppe Borgherini 269

20. HIV Infection, Personality Structure, and Psychotherapeutic Treatment / R. Visintini, E. Campanini, A. Ama, R. Alcorn, S. Corbella, S. Gessler, D. Miller, L. Nilsson Schonnesson, F. Staracel 289.

Notes:

"Including contributions from the First European Congress on Disorders of Personality, held June 14-17, 1994, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and the Second European Congress on Personality Disorders, held June 26-29, 1996, Milan, Italy"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

030646215X

OCLC:

42428747