Personality pathology : developmental perspectives / Gilles Delisle ; translated from French by Dinah M. Ashcroft, Lynne Rigaud and Anne Kearns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delisle, Gilles, 1944-

Contributor:

Ashcroft, Dinah M., translator.

Rigaud, Lynne, translator.

Kearns, Anne, B.A., translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality.

Developmental psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Personality pathology is rooted in early development and affects a wide range of affects, behaviours and cognitive processes. Every year thousands of articles about the etiology pf personality pathology are published in various professional or scientific reviews. There is a growing distance between the generalist's practice and our increasingly precise scientific knowledge.However, no one can read everything and therefore, it behoves us to ask ourselves the following questions: is the most recent better than what came before? Is the measurable and demonstrable necessarily clinically interestin

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Developmental issues in the etiology of personality disorders; CHAPTER TWO Relational psychotherapy; CHAPTER THREE Object relations development theories: an overview; CHAPTER FOUR Attachment issues; CHAPTER FIVE Treating attachment issues; CHAPTER SIX Self-esteem issues; CHAPTER SEVEN Treating self-esteem issues; CHAPTER EIGHT Issues of eroticism; CHAPTER NINE Treating eroticism issues; CHAPTER TEN Developmental crises in adult life; CONCLUSION AND EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-429-91718-X

0-429-90295-6

0-429-47818-6

1-283-13739-9

9786613137395

1-84940-900-5

9780429478185

OCLC:

731646847