About the Book
This major reference and text provides the authoritative account of current knowledge on personality disorders, including vital information to guide clinical decision making. Bringing together preeminent authorities in the field, the Handbook synthesizes contemporary thinking about the classification, etiologies, and development of these complex disorders. Diagnostic issues are considered in depth, and available assessment instruments are reviewed and evaluated. The work provides in-depth coverage of all commonly used psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatments, with particular attention to the empirical evidence for each approach. Special topics addressed include different treatment modalities, such as day programs and group therapy, and forensic issues.
Table of Contents:
Part I: Theoretical and Nosological Issues.Livesley, Conceptual and Taxonomic Issues. Millon, Meagher, Grossman, Theoretical Perspectives. Widiger, Official Classification Systems. Dolan-Sewell, Krueger, Shea, Co-occurrence with Syndrome Disorders. Part II: Etiology and Development.Mattia, Zimmerman, Epidemiology. Coccaro, Biological and Treatment Correlates. Depue, Lenzenweger, A Neurobehavioral Dimensional Model. Jang, Vernon, Genetics. Bartholemew, Kwong, Hart, Attachment. Paris, Psychosocial Adversity. Tickle, Heatherton, Wittenberg, Can Personality Change? Stone, Natural History and Long-term Outcome. Part III: Diagnosis and Assessment.Clark, Harrison, Assessment Instruments. MacKenzie, Personality Assessment in Clinical Practice. Part IV: Treatment.Piper, Joyce, Psychosocial Treatment Outcome. Winston, Rosenthal, Muran, Supportive Psychotherapy. Gabbard, Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Cottraux, Blackburn, Cognitive Therapy. Ryle, Cognitive Analytic Therapy. Benjamin, Pugh, Using Interpersonal Theory to Select Effective Treatment Interventions. Robins, Ivanoff, Linehan, Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Ruiz-Sancho, Smith, Gunderson, Psychoeducational Approaches. Markovitz, Pharmacotherapy. Part V: Treatment Modalities and Special Issues.MacKenzie, Group Psychotherapy. Azim, Partial Hospitalization Programs. Pilkonis, Treatment Personality Disorders in Association with Symptom Disorders. Hart, Forensic Issues. Livesley, A Framework for an Integrated Approach to Treatment.
About the Author :
W. John Livesley, MD, PhD, is Professor and former Head of the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is also Editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders. Dr. Livesley has contributed extensively to the literature on personality disorder, with publications including the edited volume The DSM-IV Personality Disorders. His research focuses on the classification, assessment, and origins of personality disorder, and his clinical interests center on an integrated approach to treatment based on current empirical knowledge.
Review :
'Livesley, a major contributor to the burgeoning research in personality disorder assessment and classification, is to be congratulated on editing this comprehensive volume. Leading personality disorder investigators and theoreticians have contributed to making this book essential for any serious student of the field.' - Robert L. Spitzer, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 'Most books about personality disorders are like side dishes at a banquet. They deal with one aspect of the subject: assessment and measurement, forensic implications, psychological and psychodynamic aspects, or medico-legal complications. Even those books that have attempted a broader view have tended to concentrate on one or more of these elements at the expense of others. Handbook of Personality Disorders is different--it is a genuine main course, striking a balance between theory and practice, speculation and fact, biology and psychology, and cause and effect. Livesley has chosen his collaborators well, and together they cover all that the world yet knows about a subject that is still in its infancy but growing fast.' - Peter Tyrer, MD, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK 'This is a landmark volume. There is no other single publication that provides a comparable scope and breadth of information on the definition, course, and treatment of the personality disorders.' - John F. Clarkin, PhD, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Medical Center.
