Social Factors in the Personality Disorders Finding a Niche

A review of the social context of personality disorders and the relevance of a biopsychosocial model of etiology and treatment.

About the author

Joel Paris, McGill University, Quebec Joel Paris is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University in Quebec, Canada. He heads personality disorder clinics at two hospitals, is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, and has published over 20 books.

Summary

Synthesizing the very latest research, this book focuses on the social context of personality disorders. It considers how personality traits and disorders interact with social demands and opportunities, and offers a broad biopsychosocial perspective that will greatly assist mental health professionals with understanding and treatment.

Product details

• Authors: Joel (Mcgill University Paris, Joel Paris, Paris Joel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.08.2020
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General
• EAN: 9781108811637
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81163-7
• Pages: 126
• Subjects: MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General; Psychiatry