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Taming the Beast Within: Shredding the Stereotypes of Personality Disorder


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Foreword by Stephen Fry Controversy and confusion surround personality disorder (PD). Long dismissed as impossible to treat, PD has become a catch-all for various conditions, abounding with negative stereotypes and incorrect information. Now, revised and simpler classifications devised for the World Health Organization (WHO) should make diagnosis and treatment more straightforward. This book, by Professor Peter Tyrer, chair of the advisory body for the WHO, presents new ways of looking at personality. Taming the Beast Within explores the strengths as well as the difficulties of personality, so that all can come to an informed and tolerant understanding of PD. Topics include: what personality is ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ personalities how mental illness differs from personality disorder politics and personality the roots of disturbance types of disorder, including borderline personality disorder helping yourself and others nidotherapy and other approaches drug treatments Professor Peter Tyrer says, ‘I hope this book will help people with PD, their families and friends, and everyone involved in managing this very common condition. Using our personality strengths, and accepting that some difficulties with others may be self-generated, are the key to understanding. The title of this book can then be changed – no longer a beast within, just a pussy cat!’

Table of Contents:
Topics include: What is personality disorder? Why the older definitions didn't work The new classifications - from mild to severe How to recognize PD - case studies Differentiating PD from conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia Associated problems such as problem drinking Relationships and rejection Effective coping skills for families and friends - setting boundaries, asserting your needs Can you persuade them to have treatment? (psychological and medication) Specialist treatment for PD - `nidotherapy' (adjusting the environment to make it less stressful for the person with PD) Taking your life back - a life of your own Safety for yourself and your children"

About the Author :
Peter Tyrer is Professor of Community Psychiatry at Imperial College, London, and an expert in personality disorder. He is Chair of the Work Group for Revision of Classification of Personality Disorders (ICD-11), World Health Organisation. He is author of several books, including Coping with Stress, Sheldon Press, has written extensively for medical journals, and has featured in newspapers such as The Guardian. In 2015 he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in recognition of his research and clinical practice.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781847094759
  • Publisher: John Murray Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Sheldon Press
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 156
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 212 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1847094759
  • Publisher Date: 17 May 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Shredding the Stereotypes of Personality Disorder
  • Width: 138 mm


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