Severe Personality Disorders

by Salman Akhtar, W. John Livesley, Bert Van Luyn

This book is about understanding and managing patients with severe personality disorders. It covers biological, psychoanalytic and cognitive behavioral approaches and provides a pragmatic guide to best practice. As well as discussing issues of severity, treatability and the range of appropriate management options, the content explores the common elements of effective interventions and covers early prediction, countertransference, disruptions of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521299489
• ISBN13: 9780521299480
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"