DESCRIPTION:
This monograph arose from presentations given at both the First and Second European Congresses on Disorders of Personality. It was realised that there was a need to clarify if, and how, diagnostic underpinnings and assumptions are coherent with therapeutic strategies in personality disorders. This book aims to bring the more theoretical domain of diagnosis closer to the more clinical and pragmatic domain of therapy. Additionally, this book represents a stricter collaboration between researchers and clinicians from different European countries and also from America.
CONTENTS:
Part I: Biological foundations of personality disorders. Genetics of personality disorders.
Part II: Psychological foundations of personality disorders. Psychodynamic research can help us to improve diagnosis and therapy for personality disorders: the case of defense mechanisms.
Part III: Diagnostic models of personality disorders. Integrative perspectives on the personality disorders.
Part IV: Treatment of personality disorders. Psychodiagnostics and indications for treatment in cases of personality disorder: Some pitfalls.
