Personality Disorder The Definitive Reader
Personality Disorder The Definitive Reader by Gwen Adshead, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2009, is a comprehensive collection of papers designed for practitioners working with patients who have personality disorders. This edition spans 278 pages and is presented in English, offering accessible insights into the complexities of personality disorders and their impact on both patients and staff in various clinical settings.
Readers will find fourteen classic papers that delve into theoretical explanations of personality disorders, the significance of boundaries in clinical practice, and the role of psychiatric staff as attachment figures. The book also examines the relationship between the severity of personality disorders and childhood experiences. Each paper is accompanied by contextual material and educational questions, making it a valuable resource for clinical and forensic psychologists, psychiatrists, community psychiatric nurses, social workers, and students in the field of mental health.
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Personality Disorder offers a comprehensive and accessible collection of papers that will be practically useful to practitioners working in secure and non-secure settings with patients who have personality disorders.
This book brings together fourteen classic papers, which address the impact that working with personality disorder patients can have on staff. It also offers theoretical explanations for personality disorder, and explores other issues such as the concept of boundaries in clinical practice, psychiatric staff as attachment figures and the relationship between severity of personality disorder and childhood experiences. Each paper is introduced with contextual material, and is followed by a series of questions that are intended to be used as educational exercises.
This book will be essential reading for clinical and forensic psychologists, psychiatrists, community psychiatric nurses, social workers and students.
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