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Zusatztext ...a thorough description of the current evidence-based therapeutic treatments for PD including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Mentalisation-Based Therapy, Transference-Focused Therapy and Schema-Focused Therapy, as well as some lesser-known, newer approaches. Informationen zum Autor Dr Newton-Howes graduated in medicine from the University of Otago in 1998 and undertook his training in Psychiatry on the St Marys and Charing Cross training schemes in London. He has worked as a general adult psychiatrist and currently works in the Regional Personality Disorder Service for Capital and Cost District Health Board in New Zealand and as a senior lecturer in the department of psychological medicine at the University of Otago, Wellington. His research interest include the effect of personality on mental state disorder and the interactions between psychiatry and society. Klappentext Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library (OPL) series, this pocketbook aims to help clinicians to understand how the diagnosis of personality disorder developed, what it means, how it is characterised and what to do to help patients with personality disorders. Zusammenfassung Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library (OPL) series, this pocketbook aims to help clinicians to understand how the diagnosis of personality disorder developed, what it means, how it is characterised and what to do to help patients with personality disorders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Foreword Table of Contents Abbreviations 1: Introduction to Personality Disorders 2: Epidemiology and changing service provision 3: The current understanding personality and its development 4: Normal personality and personality disorder 5: Cluster A personality disorder 6: Cluster B personality disorder 7: Cluster C personality disorder 8: Borderline personality disorder 9: General principles of personality disorder management 10: Pharmacotherapy for personality disorders 11: Psychotherapy for personality disorders 12: Other interventions and strategies in the management of Personality Disorders 13: The impact of personality pathology on mental state disorders 14: Conclusion ...
