Disordered Personalities / Edition 3

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ISBN-10:: 1894328094
ISBN-13:: 2901894328097
Pub. Date:: 05/01/2005
Publisher:: Rapid Psychler Press

Disordered Personalities / Edition 3

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ISBN-13:	2901894328097
Publisher:	Rapid Psychler Press
Publication date:	05/01/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	430
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

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Reviewer: Steven T Herron, MD (CPI/Assurance Health and Wellness)
Description: This book approaches the topic of personality disorders by investigating examples of the characteristics which are unique to the diagnosis being explored. Each personality disorder is addressed using a predetermined format, including the concept of a "five-factor model" meant to highlight differences between the conditions.
Purpose: The author is attempting to create a book that provides the basic information needed to understand personality disorders for those interested in learning about them, but is simultaneously useful for those teaching about these complex concepts.
Audience: While those outside the mental health field may find this book interesting, physicians, residents, medical students, psychologists, and social workers would likely benefit most.
Features: Each personality disorder is broken down and explained by chapter using 28 different subsections including epidemiology, case examples, interview features, mnemonics for remembering the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria, movie examples, transference issues, and suggested therapeutic techniques for working with these patients. Frequent illustrations provide some levity, while less-frequent charts and tables break down information into more manageable doses.
Assessment: While at times somewhat exaggerated and simplistic, this book provides readers with valuable information and useful strategies for translating it into clinically relevant applications. Despite some confusion about the "five-factor model," the book offers clinically updated information about psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic interventions to assist these particularly challenging and difficult patients. I will recommend this book to readers interested in understanding personality disorders in a less formal, more enjoyable manner.

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