Personality Disorders over Time
Subtitle: Precursors, Course, and Outcome
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781585620401
Subjects: Diseases & disorders; Psychiatry; Psychology; Treatment; Personality disorders; Medical; Mental Illness; Psychiatry - General; Longitudinal studies
Description: Provides a framework for treatment based on the author's study of borderline personality disorder over 25 years. It emphasizes management rather than cure and outlines a long-term treatment approach for gradual recovery. It includes general theories of personality disorders, including Axis I and II cluster disorders.